Last week Mum and Dad took me, Maya, Sara, Alyssa and Kate to the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City. Dad arranged for me to use his laptop with its wireless internet in the car so that I could do my work on the drive down. He and Mum were very thoughtful and arranged everything so that we would have a great time, which we did. The didn't let us pay for a single thing ourselves, including the souvenir masks that Maya and Kate got. Thank you Mum and Dad!
We got to Cedar City on Monday in time for all seven of us to see Pride and Prejudice. Maya loves Pride and Prejudice and had just watched the BBC film the week before. Ever since seeing the play she loves it even more. She wants to get an American Girl doll that looks like Elizabeth Bennet and she is planning on dressing up as Lizzy for Halloween. I am really enjoying how much she enjoys that story - it is so much fun to share our love for it together.
Besides seeing the play, Maya was excited to stay in a hotel. She and I were in a room with Sara and Kate and the girls found the whole experience exciting: the door keys, the buffet breakfast, the pool, running back and forth between Mum and Dad's room and ours. I think if we went and stayed at a hotel near home for a few nights Maya would consider it a perfect vacation!
On Monday night the girls went to child care and Mum, Dad, Sara, Alyssa and I went to see Much Ado About Nothing at the outdoor theatre. It was such a good production. I am in constant awe of the ability of the actors to remember all of those lines! I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
On Tuesday afternoon the girls went to child care again and the rest of us saw The 39 Steps. I can see why Tara reviewed it so well on her blog. It was hilarious. This is definitely a play Josh will enjoy and I look forward to seeing it again with him someday.
Statue of Fred C. Adams, the founder of the Festival.
A memorable fountain...
One of the duckings in this duck family was often swimming off on its own. The girls named it Independent.
This tree is called the Lightning Tree and the girls were talking about how much fun it was all week. Its a very old Box Elder tree that I guess was hit by lightning years ago. M and Kate are little monkeys who have spent half of the summer in the tree in the front of Mum and Dad's house, so this big climbing tree was perfect.
They were also excited to show me the cubby house in the "back woods." They gave me a tour and even though I can't remember the various areas now (my nickname is Dori) it reminded me so much of the cubby house I had in one part of our yard growing up.
Displaying their sidewalk art. M's is dolphins and Kate's is an undersea scene with a turtle.
Annabelle enjoyed being the model.
