happy long weekend!

i'm super excited to have a long holiday weekend where we actually have a few moments off!  i can't even believe it, we haven't had a weekend without a show in months!

memorial day always feels like the official start of summer to me, and i'm so very ready for summer to begin!

have a wonderful weekend!

love, laurie

porch time for kitten

so grateful for some nice weather last night for leko to finally be able to enjoy our screen porch!

love, laurie

signs of spring

it's nice to finally see some signs of spring in our yard with some colorful flowers popping up!

love, laurie

moving day

it's official!  over the weekend ryan's parents moved out of their old house and into their new house near us.  (remember when we rented a u-haul and helped them move some of their stuff into storage here and here?)

ryan snapped these two pictures on his phone when the moving trucks first pulled up in the morning to load everything up and then at the end of the day when they were packed and ready to leave the old house.

over the last few days, ryan's parents have been unpacking in their new house.  we're happy to have them so close by now!

love, laurie

tunnel of light

i snapped this picture on friday in the theatre when ryan and i were setting lights for the shows we had this weekend.  ryan was in the space between the cyc and the scrim and the lights made him look like he was in an bright orange tunnel.  it was a cool effect in person that didn't entirely translate to a photo, but i snapped one on my phone anyway to remember it.

happy monday!  we're beyond delirious this morning!

love, laurie

happy friday!

wow, this week went by fast!  it's hard to believe that it's already friday.  we have another busy weekend ahead of us with a lot of rehearsals and performances.

i can never resist a picture of my cutie pie when he cuddles up with me at night after a long day of work!

have a great one!

love, laurie

chugging along with spring show season

the past week has wiped us out with 14 shows at 4 different venues in a 1 week time span!  last night we crossed one more show off our spring show season list with the final music concert of the season.  of course we have more shows this weekend!

love, laurie

my favorite cuddle kitten

can never resist snapping a picture of this cute guy when he cuddles up with me on top of blankets!

love, laurie

celebrating mother's day!

we found a quick spare moment in between everything this weekend to celebrate mother's day with my mom.  although it was brief, it was nice to take a minute to have dinner and dessert with my mama on mother's day before running back off to work!

we had to take a raincheck on celebrating mother's day with ryan's mom, but we hope to celebrate with her soon!

happy mother's day!

love, laurie

snapshots from the weekend

this weekend, ryan worked several shows of beautiful at one theatre while i worked a graduation and a dance recital at a different theatre.   we both set up another graduation at the outdoor arena, and then we both loaded out beautiful back at the theatre.  it sure was a jam-packed weekend!

in other news, a humongous highlight of the weekend for me was trying my hand at up rigging for the very first time and succeeding!  i'm incredibly proud of myself because this has been a personal goal of mine for about two years.  all of the sore muscles are worth it because i can't believe i finally got a chance to do it!

love, laurie