Ed and I are always getting questions about our family,
so I thought I'd give some updates on our son David, our granddaughter
Ashley and our soon-to-arrive new baby!
GRANDDAUGHTER
NO. 2 ON THE WAY
We are so excited to report that
our daughter Sarah and her husband (and our programmer) Mark are expecting
their second child, a daughter to be named Brooke, the first week of
September which just happens to be the peak of
hurricane season. I will post photos as soon as Brooke makes
her appearance!
PLEASE -- NO HURRICANES!!!!!
DAVID'S THEATER DEBUT
To please his girlfriend Ashley, David agreed, reluctantly,
to audition for a role in Ashley's Senior Class Play - Godspell.
His goal was to get a small part because he really is not interested
in musical theater. While he loves performing, it's in his heavy metal
band. Fortunately for Ashley, he had not heard the soundtrack until
AFTER the audition. Well, as fate would have, after his audition, he
was asked (pressured) to take the role of Jesus. After looking at the
script and realizing that he was going to be on stage throughout the
whole play, and realizing that at one point he would be singing and
dancing with a cane, he did everything he could to talk his
way out. That didn't happen.
While we were attending the Ray Courts show in February,
David was in his room memorizing his lines. On the road to and from
California, Ed and I were working with him on his dialogue and songs.
In addition, he had to put up with tortuous teasing, such as being referred
to as "Jesus," -- which came from all directions, including
Sue and Susan from Hollywood Poster Frames.
In March, David made his theatrical debut. Here are some
of the scenes of David on stage as Jesus:
Anyway, he did five shows and Ed and I couldn't have been
prouder. I was amazed at just how well he could sing when he was not
"heavy metal screaming" the lyrics. In fact, he surprised
everyone who knew him. We were hoping that this would inspire him to
get into mainstream music, but alas, his reaction when it was over was
relief and "I'll never do that again" attitude.
Since no one knew us at the school, we were actually referred
to as "Jesus's family"!
ASHLEY'S FIRST
PERFORMANCE
Not to be outdone by her Uncle David, Ashley also made
her first stage appearance -- her class had their dance recital in June.
She was a "blue bird" in the Tiki Room and a monkey in her
Jungle Book routine. Here are some backstage pics:
 |
|
Momma (our daughter Sarah who is "in
the family way") and her little monkey |
Daddy (our son-in-law and programmer Mark) also made his stage
debut with Ashley |
 |
 |
Our little tiki bird Ashley in the foreground |
The monkey on the right is Ashley |
After the recital was over, Ashley turned to her Mom and
said "Let's do that again!"
WOW - Ashley is now a beautiful little girl - no longer a baby. On
August 3rd, our little angel celebrated her third birthday. How fast
those years have gone.
And, true to her roots, she is already a computer geek.
She loves the Nick Jr. games on the internet and plays them ALL BY
HERSELF. It's amazing watching her whip around the screen using the
mouse. Her hand/eye coordination is amazing -- and she can use either
a desk top or a lap top with the same proficiency.
We plan to train her to input poster images by her next
birthday!
