Rent--the Musical with Beau and Christy!!!

It is funny how people come in and out of our lives. Beau was one of my dear friends in high school. We met in New Edition (Show Choir) and our friendship grew when Beau, Ryan Ahlwardt, and I were in "The Who's Tommy" together at the Indianapolis Civic. We have stayed in touch through high school, college, etc., but we have both departed from Indianapolis for our own reasons. Beau is in the Air Force and is priveledged to be flying C-17's. His career has taken him from Del Rio Texas, to Oklahoma, and his most recent post is in Charleston, SC. Tim and I are so happy because Beau and his new wife, Christy live only 3 hours away.

Seeing that Beau and I are musical "geeks", we noticed that Rent the Musical was coming through Charlotte. Not only was it coming through Charlotte, but the original broadway stars Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal were going to be reprising their roles as Mark and Roger in Rent respectively. We were only able to get two tickets, but Rent does a lottery before the show where one can buy two, front row seats for $20 if drawn. We all four entered, and much to our surprise, Christy's name was drawn. We were all super excited because we all four could go! Below you can catch a sneak peak at a few of the pictures that Beau and Christy took and shared with us. Beau and Christy are by far our most favorite "southern" couples friends! We hope to share many more fun times with Christy and Beau while we are in the same part of the country!

P.S. in case you were wondering the show was AWESOME. It was one of the few times that the live show sounded almost exactly like the cd.

Our fun friends, Beau and his beautiful wife Christy!

Rent's simply set---use your imagination, moon, xmas tree, apartment,
My artistic photography of the set.

Anthony Rapp= original broadway cast Mark and tour Mark that we saw. He may be ten years older than when he originated the role, but he was still spot on!
Adam Pascal--Orignal Broadway Cast Roger. He has still got it too. He was also kind enough to stop and pose for a photo for us on the way back to his tour bus.

My Martian!

I thought that this was so funny and that I needed to post for sure! Tim loves to watch the History Channel. More than watching the History Channel, he LOVES to watch end of the world shows specificially. I often make fun of him as his affinity for shows such as this remind me of Joaquin Phoenix in the movie signs who made a tin foil hat to keep the aliens from beaming him up! My little comedian thought it would be fun to surprise me when I got home from work to "don" his own tin foil hat!

A New Niece...and Updated Photos of my Nephew

Well...you all met Spencer back over Labor Day. Amazingly, Leslie and Drew have already expanded their "family." On Christmas Day, they got Spencer a sister...her name is Annie. Annie was a one pound Chorkie (chihuahua-yorkie mix). She is really sweet, roly, and she sleeps a lot. Spencer was the typical big brother in his first days. He was a little jealous, but was also protective of his sister. I can't imagine what they will look like the next time we see them.

Dad and Spencer have become friends...Spencer LOVES the attention.
Spencer's Favorite Game! Meet Annie...She loves to nuzzle
The best thing about baby dogs...you can put them into cute little containers...
What are you doing to me?Cheese!!!

She almost looks saintly...

In a cute little container of corks...

A Mountain Dew Can for Scale...
We were trying to get a picture of brother and sister, but it is impossible to get their attention together...we had fun anyway.

Spencer...this would be cute if you were looking at me...Annie is admiring you!

If you want a picture of the two doggies, you have to hold them...

There we go...

You look beautiful Aunt Jac!

Both doggies love belly rubs :)

So cute

Love this picture in color.

She is so sweet!

Strike a pose

So comfortable