WICKED!

Wicked, need I say more? Gregory Maguire and the musical adaptation Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman really are amazing and creative. I have always enjoyed musicals to some extent, but this play was absolutely amazing. I saw it will some of my family members last spring while it was here, and I immediately wanted to see it again, this time with Ethan. I thought I would give this a tribute, because this time of year is about witches, but also because I borrowed my mom's CD of it and fell in love all over again. I especially love the songs, "Popular", "Defying Gravity", and "For Good" If you haven't been to see it, please when you get the chance GO SEE IT. You will love it, and will be shocked at how clever Gregory Maguire is. The story that he created is so magical, and will make you love Elphaba, the bad witch. And really for most of the show not love Glinda very much. I really can't wait until they do a movie of it, and hopefully they will do it justice. We are going to see The Lion King when it comes next year, so at that time there will be an update.

A TRIBUTE TO BILL

We have had the pleasure over the last five years to know the Dain family, and come to love them. We have grown so much closer over the last 10 months, as we have watched Bill and Sandy suffer through Bill's cancer. We love you both so much and will miss Bill like crazy. He had a way of making everyone around him feel loved and appreciated. Sandy is one of the most patient and caring people I have ever met. She would not leave Bill even long enough to go to lunch with a friend, because she didn't want him to need her and her not be there. Hang in there and know that you are loved. Here is the link to our other blog for them. http://thebillandsandydainfund.blogspot.com/

William Michael Dain (June 29, 1947 - October 11, 2009)

William Michael Dain returned to his Heavenly Father at his home in Layton, Utah on October 11, 2009 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Bill was born in Canoga Park, California, second oldest in a family of seven.
Bill was the general manager for many different companies in the printed circuit board industry. Bill’s employment took his family to Arizona, back to California and finally to Utah where Bill lived the remainder of his life.
Everywhere Bill went, people were attracted to him because of his cheerful personality, optimism and genuine kindness. Bill was honest and hardworking, and passed these traits to his children.
Bill was married to Sandra Lynn Schommer on June 11, 1977 and they were sealed in the Mesa, Arizona Temple on the same day three years later. Bill shared 32 years with his eternal companion Sandra. Bill loved his wife. Everything he did was to impress her and make her happy. She was the love of his life. Bill was a dedicated father who loved his children with all his heart. He showed this love for his children every day by continuing to care for his severely disabled son (Jason), until his final days upon the earth.
Bill enjoyed baseball, hunting, fishing, camping, water skiing, and barbequing. Bill’s real passion was for classic and muscle cars.
Bill was a dedicated and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was converted to the church in 1977 and continued faithful to the end. Bill held many different callings, but above all he was a dedicated home teacher.
Bill is survived by his loving wife Sandra Dain, and his children Christine O’Sullivan, William Dain, Patricia Turner, Jonathan Bailey, Jeffery Bailey, Jason Dain, Jared Dain, 14 grandchildren and his mother Helen Dain.
Funeral services will be held Friday, October 16, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road. Friends and family may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. at the mortuary. Interment, Lindquist’s Memorial Park at Layton, 1867 No. Fairfield Road.

GAUGEY'S NEW OUCHIE!

BEFORE

AFTER

We were at my parent's house on Sunday for dinner and Gauge was playing over by the front door and there is a table that has some decorations on it. We are still not entirely sure what happened, but it fell over and landed on him. Some of the decorations were pretty heavy, and it got him good. His poor nose was swollen for a couple days. He is a tough guy, and is back to playing with Cruze, but it was so sad.

HEADBANDS!!

All of us modeling our headbands right before heading for home at midnight!

Joann modeling one of Jessica's scarf belts as an actual scarf. She really truly loved it, and thought it was cute! It was such a good thing that Jessica brought her array of them so that we could have some entertainment from them.

Here is cute Jessica holding her headband she was working on.

Amanda making an adorable face.

And Stace too making a great face! She is cutting out her fabric, and what cute fabric it is too!

Some friends and I had a girl's night Saturday night, and a few of them decided that we should make these super cute headbands that Amanda had bought one of. So we got together and had such a great time! Now some of you that attended may not appreciate me putting some of these pics on my blog, but I didn't take them so don't be mad. Besides it shows your cute personalties. They were just so fun, and showed how great the night was! Thanks, guys! Nice scarf belt Amanda!

CANNING GRAPES ANYONE!

I thought that the grapes were so beautiful when they were cooking. I just had to take a picture of it. And to be honest with you, it seemed that I took one of almost every batch, and they usually looked pretty much the same as the last one. So here is one of them.

This was the finished product! We ended up with about 74 after some had broke and I gave away a coule of them. Needless to say I think we will be drinking grape juice for quite some time. Yeah for food storage!

Isn't that color great! They really should make a crayon named after this color. It could be called cookedandbottledgrapejuice. It is just lovely. Once again, I couldn't get over how pretty it is.

My sister Danielle and I picked grapes from Lori Morgan's house and ended up with 5 laundry baskets total counting the grapes I had already picked. By Friday I decided that Mech might want to bottle grape juice, since she is the one who started that and it is her juicer. Thank heavens that she did. By Saturday I was graped out. For about a week my house has been covered from top to bottom in grapes, grape juice, and smashed grapes and dried grape juice. How wonderful it is to get my house back and not be sticking to my kitchen floor. Thanks Danny & Mech!