One of the best things about Footnotes is our annual "Special Guests" when we bring in someone, or multiple people, to perform for our campers on Tuesday night. This year we were lucky enough to see a staged reading of "Godspell" performed by professional actors from Portsmouth. It was incredible, as the videos below will show!
My beautiful friend Sarah
And the incredibly talented Becky Rudolf - the brains behind this operation. :)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
10 Things Thursday
I just got back from spending a week at Wanakee directing Footnotes, so here is a list of 10 things I love about Wanakee:
1. Watching the sunset over the lake while swimming at the waterfront
2. Singing 3 songs after every meal - why can't we do this in everyday life? I think we'd all be a lot happier! :)
3. Sitting in the back of the dining hall and remembering what it felt to sit in that same spot when I was a little kid at Wanakee
4. Flying squirrels in the dining hall
5. Having my day revolve around a bell that rings 4 times a day to announce wake up and the 3 meals
6. The Allelus on Friday night - singing up and down the hill to put a cap on the week
7. Being able to hang out with Kerri-Lynn, Becky, and Sue for an entire week
8. Getting invited to cookouts and campfires - yummy food that we don't have to cook!
9. The incredible feeling I get standing in front of the Footnotes campers and conducting them as they sing the concert - it is truly the best feeling in the world.
10. Knowing after this summer that no matter what happens, I can still come back to camp and direct Footnotes and have a great week. It is still one of my most favorite places in the world and I'm lucky to have it.
1. Watching the sunset over the lake while swimming at the waterfront
2. Singing 3 songs after every meal - why can't we do this in everyday life? I think we'd all be a lot happier! :)
3. Sitting in the back of the dining hall and remembering what it felt to sit in that same spot when I was a little kid at Wanakee
4. Flying squirrels in the dining hall
5. Having my day revolve around a bell that rings 4 times a day to announce wake up and the 3 meals
6. The Allelus on Friday night - singing up and down the hill to put a cap on the week
7. Being able to hang out with Kerri-Lynn, Becky, and Sue for an entire week
8. Getting invited to cookouts and campfires - yummy food that we don't have to cook!
9. The incredible feeling I get standing in front of the Footnotes campers and conducting them as they sing the concert - it is truly the best feeling in the world.
10. Knowing after this summer that no matter what happens, I can still come back to camp and direct Footnotes and have a great week. It is still one of my most favorite places in the world and I'm lucky to have it.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Fourth of July
Our 4th of July adventures continued in the afternoon when we went to Anne and Seames' annual 4th of July party at their house in Dover. Now, for those of you who haven't heard the story, I have a good one for you...
A few months ago Bob and I were driving to Berwick to visit my grandparents and on the way we stopped at an intersection in Dover where Bob mentioned that his cousin Seames and his wife Anne lived down the road. I told him that I knew an Anne and Seames who lived down that road and within seconds we had discovered that his cousin Seames is married to my friend Lisa's sister Anne. Does that make sense? We were both shocked and little freaked out by it and I immediately called Lisa to tell her that we were going to be related. Yep, once Bob and I get married, Lisa (who I met at Wanakee and have been friends with since 1996) and I will be related by marriage. Pretty crazy, huh? Bob and I both still marvel at the fact that we both knew Anne and Seames separately before we knew each other. Bob was even at their wedding, so he met Lisa's parents who I've known forever as well! It is a VERY, VERY, VERY small world. We think there is even a possibility Bob and I might have been at Anne and Seames house at the same time at some point back in the late 90s when Lisa and I were at UNH and hanging out in Dover and Bob and Seames were geeking out on computer stuff. Crazy...
Needless to say, it was very fun to all be together for the 4th of July - Anne, Seames, me, Bob, Lisa, Lisa's parents, Seames' brother Roy, Bob's aunt - one big happy family! :) We can't wait to have our two worlds mix again at the wedding - I wonder if Lisa will sit with the Wanakee people on my side of the aisle or with Seames and Anne on Bob's side...??
The party was great and we had a really good time - great food, great company, very relaxed. On our drive home we saw this amazing sunset. The perfect end to a great day!
A few months ago Bob and I were driving to Berwick to visit my grandparents and on the way we stopped at an intersection in Dover where Bob mentioned that his cousin Seames and his wife Anne lived down the road. I told him that I knew an Anne and Seames who lived down that road and within seconds we had discovered that his cousin Seames is married to my friend Lisa's sister Anne. Does that make sense? We were both shocked and little freaked out by it and I immediately called Lisa to tell her that we were going to be related. Yep, once Bob and I get married, Lisa (who I met at Wanakee and have been friends with since 1996) and I will be related by marriage. Pretty crazy, huh? Bob and I both still marvel at the fact that we both knew Anne and Seames separately before we knew each other. Bob was even at their wedding, so he met Lisa's parents who I've known forever as well! It is a VERY, VERY, VERY small world. We think there is even a possibility Bob and I might have been at Anne and Seames house at the same time at some point back in the late 90s when Lisa and I were at UNH and hanging out in Dover and Bob and Seames were geeking out on computer stuff. Crazy...
Needless to say, it was very fun to all be together for the 4th of July - Anne, Seames, me, Bob, Lisa, Lisa's parents, Seames' brother Roy, Bob's aunt - one big happy family! :) We can't wait to have our two worlds mix again at the wedding - I wonder if Lisa will sit with the Wanakee people on my side of the aisle or with Seames and Anne on Bob's side...??
The party was great and we had a really good time - great food, great company, very relaxed. On our drive home we saw this amazing sunset. The perfect end to a great day!
First Sunday in Hillsboro
Today was Mom's first Sunday in Hillsboro, so we were good kids and all went to church. This meant me, Bob, Marc, his girlfriend Erin, and her two little kids, Logan and Myley. It was nice to be in the new church and everyone seemed really friendly. Mom used us as a sermon illustration and preached a really good sermon about birth and starting new. It was nice to all be there together to support her and have everyone see her family - now they know we really exist!
After church we went back to Mom's house for lunch. Logan and Myley are super cute and had a great time running around the big house. At one point we were all sitting in the living room and Myley, who is almost 2, started to come over to sit with me on the couch. When Logan, who is 4, saw that, he immediately came over and tried to sit next to me instead. I joked with him and told him that I was sitting on the girls couch so he should go sit on the boys couch with Marc. Logan is a smart little kid who doesn't miss a trick, so later when Bob came into the room, he went to sit with me on the couch and Logan immediately piped up that Bob was about to sit on the girls couch and he should come sit on the boys couch with Marc and Logan instead. He was pretty insistent on it and luckily Bob is a good sport, so here are the boys on the "boys couch".
The kids were really good all morning and we loved getting to know them. Myley is the sweetest little smiley girl and she is a big fan of my brother. By the time we were all getting ready to leave, she was exhausted and snuggled up to Marc to have a little rest.It was a great morning and was really nice to all be together!
At Lougee Pond
Bob spent 10 years of his childhood living in Barnstead. He's taken me out there a couple of times to show me where he lived and to check out Lougee Pond. This beautiful pond is basically across the road from the house he lived in and he and his brothers and sister spent a huge part of their childhood swimming, fishing and playing at this pond. 
We decided to go there this weekend and see what it was like. The first day we went it was kind of chilly, so we just put our feet in the water and checked out the loon. It was incredibly gorgeous and so very peaceful (we were the only ones there). We both loved being there!
On Saturday we decided we would try swimming at Lougee Pond since it was so warm. We ended up buying tubes and spent a couple of hours floating around the pond. It was so much fun! The water was the perfect temperature and it was so relaxing to just float around and enjoy the water and the sun. We're already planning on going back tomorrow and using our tubes again!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
10 Things Thursday
Here is this week's list:
1. Sitting with Bob on the pier in Northeast Harbor, watching everyone get on and off the boats and making up stories about them.
2. Getting to eat yummy falafel twice in 2 days.
3. Getting to eat said falafel outside both times - I love restaurants with outdoor seating.
4. Helping Mom move into her new house in Hillsboro. Its beautiful and I'm excited to spend more time there. Plus it is nice having her close by.
5. Finding someone to store my piano for the next couple of years. Mom moved it to Hillsboro, but it wouldn't fit through the doors in her new (very old) house. We had to store it in the garage and I spent the next 24 hours stressing about what to do with the piano, until I went to school on Wednesday and mentioned to my department head that I was trying to figure out what I could do with my piano. She immediately volunteered to take it - her daughters want to learn to play and they were going to buy a keyboard. This works out much better! She and her family will store it for me for the next 2 years until our current apartment lease is up, then we'll figure out what to do with it. I'm so thankful it has a good home!
6. Shopping today with Mom and helping her pick out her mother-of-the-bride dress. It is a beautiful suit and I love it!
7. Buying Christel her flower girl dress. We went to David's Bridal today and she got to try on dresses. She was super cute and kept dancing around in the dresses and looking at herself in the mirror. I love the dress we picked out and I can't wait to see her on the day of the wedding.
8. Mom bought us one of our china and silverware place settings and I love it! It is being shipped to our house from Macy's and I can't wait to see it. I really love the china pattern we chose and it will fun to have a place setting.
9. Getting excited about Footnotes. I go to Wanakee next weekend and I'm really looking forward to being there for the week.
10. Meeting with my drum majors on Wednesday at school. Willie and Rachel are great and I'm looking forward to working with them next year.
1. Sitting with Bob on the pier in Northeast Harbor, watching everyone get on and off the boats and making up stories about them.
2. Getting to eat yummy falafel twice in 2 days.
3. Getting to eat said falafel outside both times - I love restaurants with outdoor seating.
4. Helping Mom move into her new house in Hillsboro. Its beautiful and I'm excited to spend more time there. Plus it is nice having her close by.
5. Finding someone to store my piano for the next couple of years. Mom moved it to Hillsboro, but it wouldn't fit through the doors in her new (very old) house. We had to store it in the garage and I spent the next 24 hours stressing about what to do with the piano, until I went to school on Wednesday and mentioned to my department head that I was trying to figure out what I could do with my piano. She immediately volunteered to take it - her daughters want to learn to play and they were going to buy a keyboard. This works out much better! She and her family will store it for me for the next 2 years until our current apartment lease is up, then we'll figure out what to do with it. I'm so thankful it has a good home!
6. Shopping today with Mom and helping her pick out her mother-of-the-bride dress. It is a beautiful suit and I love it!
7. Buying Christel her flower girl dress. We went to David's Bridal today and she got to try on dresses. She was super cute and kept dancing around in the dresses and looking at herself in the mirror. I love the dress we picked out and I can't wait to see her on the day of the wedding.
8. Mom bought us one of our china and silverware place settings and I love it! It is being shipped to our house from Macy's and I can't wait to see it. I really love the china pattern we chose and it will fun to have a place setting.
9. Getting excited about Footnotes. I go to Wanakee next weekend and I'm really looking forward to being there for the week.
10. Meeting with my drum majors on Wednesday at school. Willie and Rachel are great and I'm looking forward to working with them next year.
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