It's Showtime!

I still have a lot of pictures that I want to share from our family reunion but I am waiting to get some of them off of Darren's laptop. In the meantime please excuse me while I tell you about how happy I am and why. Oh and there will be a little reminiscing too.

I have always LOVED performing. Anyone who really knows me definitely knows that. It has been a long time since I have been able to be really involved with music though. I have a few AWESOME friends who have gone out of their way to encourage me recently. One friend in particular expressed such faith in me that it lit a fire and I did it! I went and I auditioned for the community theater. Did I honestly think that I would make it? No not really...I thought I had a good chance until I got to the auditions and realized that I haven't had any experience for a very long time. There were very talented girls auditioning and it was intimidating for sure. I was surprised when I found out that I had been cast yet so very excited. And those awesome friends of mine were all WAY excited too! I heard that one even started screaming with excitement when she heard that I had made it. THAT makes my heart swell...to have such great friends that would be so excited for me! Well, we have had 2 rehearsals and I am loving it! I feel like a car who has been running without any oil but has finally been repaired. I can already see a huge difference in myself. I have been having more fun with my kids, getting frustrated with them less, and I think they like me better! To think I thought doing this would put more stress on our home life but so far I think it is helping to let up the stress. Now, that just goes for me and the kids...I can't speak for Darren. He is having to get home a little early or rather ON TIME and do the whole bedtime thing alone a couple of extra nights each week. So HIS stress level might be a bit elevated but I know he is way excited for me. And hey...it's only 6 weeks until show time so he won't have to suffer for long!

Because I just have to have pictures in all of my posts here are some pictures from my "show days". These are the only ones that I had on my computer actually!

This was at the Corporate Alliance Valentines Day Ball at the Provo Library. Darren and I got engaged at this ball the previous year right after I sang. So the following year Corporate Alliance (who I had worked for and who hosted the event) flew us out to celebrate our engagement anniversary and to have me sing a couple songs with the band. I LOVED getting all dressed up to perform. It was so much fun.

Ahhh, Acclamation at Disneyland. I loved the SUU Acclamation days. The guys with me in the picture are top to bottom and left to right (Dave, Clint, Justin, Spencer, Adam, and Randy who didn't totally make it into the shot...sorry Randy). If you are wondering...yes, that dress is actually not a dress at all but pants with really wide legs. Hey...don't make fun! It was cool back then!

The Cooper sisters at Western Legends in Kanab, UT. Left to Right: Mandy who looks like a shorty here but is actually the tallest of all of us, Jamie before the teen years hit, Katie showin' some leggy leg, and Me sporting some seriously white teeth!

Alright now, no making fun! Yes it's true I am sporting another polka-dot beauty that is again actually a pant suit disguised as a dress! Hey and you gotta love my dad's ACID WASHED jeans...NICE!

In this picture we are singing together at the Garfield County Fair. I am positive that we are singing "Unforgettable". My dad has such an amazing voice and if you haven't heard him sing you should. He always had lots of opportunities to sing and entertain when I was growing up and he always included the family whenever possible.