June 2, 2009
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“I want to be pop-a-u-laaar.”
Wicked is now on my list of must have Broadway soundtracks thanks to Kevin and Bethany. I’d like to say I’m um…too popular mainstream… to listen to broadway music, but truth is I’m addicted. I’m sure any true Broadway fan would be snootily offended if they knew it is the music I clean house to.
Techno is for working out, heavy metal for driving, ccm for cooking and hanging out, pop for grocery shopping and broadway for getting the house cleaned and scrubbed top to bottom in less time than it takes Mary Poppins to snap her fingers. Actually it’s kinda rather Disney princess of me.We roadtripped this weekend up our intolerably long state to visit Kevin & Bethany, stopping in LA along the way for coffee at Lauryls where I got to meet Bekah in real life after picturing her as a very pretty cyborg for the last 4 years I’ve known her online.
After that it was straight shot to San Jose where we pulled up to a very pink house and I found myself face to face with a license plate that read “Lst Ryts”, hanging off a very old and very burtonesque hearse. I’m pretty sure it has multiple purposes, and someone, somewhere doesn’t know that muggles find it rather disconcerting. Bethany says you can actually see it on the street view of google maps.
We pretty much spent the whole weekend relaxing, hanging out and watching movies. There were a few picnics in the rose garden thrown in for good measure, and a playground made entirely out of climbing ropes. It. was. bliss. After weeks of pure insanity it was exactly what we needed. Bethany is an amazing cook, especially for someone doesn’t brag about it much.
The hardest part was saying goodbye to baby Jack this morning; knowing he’ll be so much bigger the next time I see him, and he wont have a clue who I am. Alas.
We stopped at Joel and Veronicas on the way home. Jamie and Benjamen share the illustrious heritage of having had the same due date, and although Jamie was born prematurely, they still act like long lost twins. Before Jamie was even out of the car, Bejamen came tearing out of the house, and down the pathway where they met in the middle with arms outstretched for a bear hug like long lost friends. The only thing that can match Jamie’s three year old, dramatized emotionalism is a fellow dramatic three year old. Seriously, I repeat, the terrible two’s are nothing to compared to the daunting emotional verbosity of the three’s.
It took us forever to get home, mostly thanks for Jim stopping at every walmart along the way in search of ammunition. I honestly have no idea what for. It’s good to be home, but we miss baby Jack already…and yeah, I guess we miss Kevin and Bethany a little bit too.
Comments (8)
aww. i wanna go to california and meet everybody!
that pic of jack is hysterical! lol.
SO CUTE! That is an awesome roadtrip.
We miss having y’all around, too. Jack spent all last evening looking a little bored, I’m pretty sure that he wondered where all the other kids had gone…
1. I love Wicked. AMAZING production. 2. Jack and Charlie and Jamie are adorable. It never ceases to amaze me how unique and individual God has made people. 3. I wish you could drive by my house on the way to or from somewhere. It would be so fun to see you again.
Aww…I wish I knew you guys were up here!
Sounds like so much fun!
We were thinking Kristal should get a hearse to transport her harp, but probably the majority of her clients would view it as a bad omen….
I love WIcked. Remind me, next time you’re here, and I’ll gladly burn a copy of the CD for you. We saw the show when it was here at the Pantages, too, and it was pretty spectacular. Although, of course, the book is infinitely better. We straight theatre majors tend to scoff a bit at musical theatre…. you have to admit it’s all pretty silly… but it’s pretty great fun, for all the silliness. Glad you guys had fun in San Jose, love that pic of Charlie and Jack! xo