Entertainment for Saturday!

I have been spending this week in Nashville, TN at the Sweet Adeline International Competition and convention. I'm singing with Mountain Jubilee Chorus. We first performed on Thursday afternoon, and we sang so well in the competition that we are one of the top 10 chorus finalists!!!! The finals take place tomorrow, Saturday 10/24 starting at 3 pm. Our chorus got picked randomly to sing last. I think we'll be on stage about 6:45 pm CST. (Of course it could be later, but I don't know.) If you want, you can check out the free web-cast of the contest here: http://www.sweetadelineintl.org/webcast.cfm

And in case you don't remember what I look like in full stage make-up, here is a picture.

me, Aunt Noelle and my mom

Jedi Training Academy

All Star Wars fans will appreciate the coolness of this attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Several times a day they hold a Jedi Training Academy right outside of StarTours. (I thought it was so cool, I sat through it 2 times!) My nephew, Tegan got picked to be a part of the academy and Roderic watched the end of that and thought it was so cool, he wanted to be in the next one. We lined up for the next 'show' and Sabrina got picked. Not Roderic. He was happy for his sister, but disappointed, so we coached him during lunch and he got picked at the next one!

After a 10 or so minute training session with real practice light sabers, where they learned how to activate the weapon, deactivate the weapon and perform a cool series of moves with the weapon, they had to face the dark side!

Darth Vader came out. While he was strutting around the stage, Hyrum waved at him smiling and Darth Vader looked at him and shook his head.

Sabrina's shining moment.


Roderic's shining moment.

Happily, neither of them succumbed to the dark side and we're going to continue to remind Roderic that to follow the force and resist the dark side in real life, he has to control his aggression.

Roderic and Math

Last night I drove carpool to soccer practice. Three 10-year old girls were in the back of the van talking about stuff (loose teeth, how much the tooth fairy should give per tooth, things that make them queasy, etc.)

Roderic decided that it was getting too noisy back there and he said, "It's time for math. It is too noisy. What is 5+5?"
Girls reply, "10"
Roderic "1+1?"
Girls laughing questioningly, "2"
Roderic "16+7?"
Girls still laughing, "23"
Hyrum, "Why are they laughing?"
Mom, "Because they think he is the cutest 5 year old boy they have ever come across!"
Roderic, "What is 6+1?"
Girls, "7"

And it continued until they got to practice...