Circus Wrap-Up

This past weekend was the last nights of "The Great All American Youth Circus". On Saturday the family and few relatives (my parents, Monica, Jessica and kids, Patty & John) went to see David in action. The show was a feast on the eyes. Several different things happening at the same time during each act. It was long, but fabulous! Unfortunately, the pictures I took that night didn't come out well. Although the performers came out unscathed, little Anthony did not. Towards the end of the show, he slipped and bumped his head and was rushed to the hospital. You can imagine that the excitement of watching the show changed after that! Anyway, he's alright now.

The very last show on Sunday, David asked who'd be there to see him. I told him his Aunt Sheila and his cousins. He replied, "That's all?". I reminded him that his grandma Bertha, Aunt Tish, and couple "cousins" watched him the week before, then the whole family and said relatives came Saturday, also few friends from church we were aware of, and of course the "10,000 people". That cheered him up again. Then, I thought it sure would be nice to see the very last show and David would certainly have a blast seeing it with his best pal, Kuya Blake. I asked Dave if he'd watch Sophia (she was a handful on Saturday) while David, Steven, and I stay for the entire show. I mentioned it to Sheil and she went ahead and bought tickets for David and I. How totally sweet and generous! David was thrilled to see the show with his Kuyas. Thanks Chick, you're awesome!!!

He's the 5th kid on the mat

Top of the pyramid
End of the act "style"

Near the trailer waiting for his Kuya

The three amigos

Best buds making faces

Steven and his Aunt Sheila

Stud muffins!

After the show backyard bonfire picnic fun

Sorry for the blurry pictures. Keep in mind that I had Steven on my lap so I managed to capture only a few acts.

10,000 People

Last night was the opening night for The Great All American Youth Circus that David is part of. He said that there were 10,000 people there. He was all smiles describing how the night went for him. He truly enjoyed the claps and people taking pictures. He felt like it was all for him. Aahhhh! And this evening, he said that there were also 10,000 people.

Where was I, you ask? Well, the way they have it set up, people who can see the show needs to purchase tickets including performers and their parents. Well, it costs $14 for adults and $9 for children. There's 9 shows, so that would put a big hole in our pockets if we went to all of them so we decided to see the show on the 16th; when they would be taping the show and alumnus's to be there. So, it's a waiting game for the parents and performers. We drop off the kids to change to their costumes and linger in the pool area (designated waiting area) until curtain call. Then after the kids perform their acts, they go back to the trailer to change back to their street clothes and then free to go home. Anyway, he's within the first half hour of the show under the "beginning circus" group so check him out there and take pictures for me! :)

**I took pictures from dress rehearsals but they didn't come out well. I'm hoping to figure out my camera by show time.

September Missed

There were several events I missed to blog about so here they are now (mainly for my scrapbooking).

**David started beginning circus on the 9th at our local YMCA. So every Tuesday and Thursday evenings we're there. I can't seem to get a good picture right now but here's one from my phone. He's the blue dot in the center that's jumping off the trampoline!

**My sister and her boys came for visits. Here's a captured moment of Leno and Steven.

**I was able to make it to this month's "Culinary Club" meeting featuring carrot cake. Yummy! Dave certainly loved it. It'll be one for my recipe book. I wonder what next month will be.

**Enrichment Night at church was fun. The theme was "Back to School". It was really cute. The "lunch ladies" wore hair nets and everything! They offered 6 classes and we could take 3. I took English 101, PE, and Shop. It really was informative for me. English class got us motivated in the importance of reading to our children, PE gave us hands on physical fitness and healthy tips, and Shop gave us cool secrets of the trade ... like any grade of oil is fine ... the same with gas!

**My high school 20th year reunion was on the 13th. It was my first day back to work from a 5 month maternity leave so I didn't go. Wasn't too crazy about the 10th so I don't think I missed much. Anyway, as I mentioned in previous post, unofficial one was set up at Huntington Beach. Had to work then too so I missed it. My friends said it was a blast.

**The kids and I finally made it to one of the Market Nights this month. Hooray! My favorite burrito place is back! Raised the price to $6.50 so it's a splurge. We enjoyed the evening. Below David gets his face painted from Petals the Clown.

**We enjoyed having the Elder missionaries over for dinner one evening. They really liked the chicken adobo I cooked. It was a hectic day so I picked up some chinese food to make it easier on me. Made me happy to hear that they enjoyed the adobo out of the whole meal! We'll see what I come up with next month.

**We had our first teacher conference with David's teacher. She had high praises for him.

**Finally got to see my grandnephew! Here he is with his big brother and sister. How precious!!

**Had an opportunity to have a "Girls Night Out" with my previous ward friends. We had dinner at Macaroni Grill. I had my kids with me so I was distracted ... missed some of the chit-chat. Sorry ladies! But it sure was nice to see you all again!

** I joined the "Healthy Habits" program that will run for 8 weeks. More about that later.