Bentwater Idol

As many of you know, I have been rehearsing non-stop for our neighborhood American Cancer Society fundraiser, "Bentwater Idol...Is that my Neighbor?". I was very happy that the parents came for the show and to meet Laika on Friday. The show went well with only minor difficulties and got better every night. I did three numbers: Perhaps, Chicago (I was Roxie Hart), and Feeling Good. I had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people and build new friendships. I will let you know once we have the tally on how much money we raised. I hope you enjoy the slideshow with pictures of the cast and me in my costumes. If I can figure out how to do some video editing on my camcorder I'll try to put a clip of my performances.

I can cook a mean steak!

This picture is actually from a couple of weeks ago, but I was so proud of the meal I prepared I had to document it. Just call me Martha Stewart (ha, ha, yeah right!).

Name that Bug!!!

This bug was hanging out on our patio all day long until Matt got home to make it go on its way. It just sat there, never moved, but wasn't dead. We have no idea what it is but I was curious if any of you do.

Alamobowl

We may not have won the game but we had a great time. It was also exciting to officially end the era of Coach Fran. Kevin and Lucy treated us with tickets and accomodations for Christmas. They got the game Rock Star Band for Christmas which is like guitar hero but with a singer, bass guitar, and drums. When we got back to the RV we played the game until we could no longer stay awake. We had a great time!

Hair Cut

Okay, here is my new hair:




My photographer was not very good...I should've checked the picture before we left the house. You can get the point though :)

Laika

In case any of you are wondering what Laika means...

I'm not so sure, but Laika was the first dog to go in to space. Our puppy is quite the space cadet. If you have not heard of Laika the Russian cosmonaut dog, she is quite popular. There was a stamp, comic book, and memorial made for her.

Happy New Year!

For New Year's Eve we went to a black tie event at the yacht club here. We normally don't do the whole dress up thing, but it was a lot of fun. Matt looked really snazzy in his three piece suit. The theme was "A View to Kill" from James Bond. They had different food stations set up that went along with different Bond flicks. I'm not real familiar with Bond, but I did enjoy the different types of food. After dinner, we moved into the lounge and danced the night away to a band called "The Fantastics". I'd never heard of them but they pretty fantastic. We went with our friends The Simpsons who most of you have met. Shane actually danced all night long which was quite unusual. We met our friends from the neighborhood, Rueben and Jennifer, and they are great fun. Lots of these are very blurry as a result from a wrong setting on the camera, but you can get the idea. By the way, I've got the setting figured out so in the future we should not have this problem. I hope everyone else had as much fun as we did!