Les Miserables

Last weekend, Ron and I had a fun date in the city. We got this great nanny in our ward to stay with our kids. She watched all 4! We went to the temple and saw Les Miserables at night. The new version of the play is great. Its my favorite musical by far. I always come away from it feeling uplifted and inspired--my definition of good entertainment. I love the music, the themes, the plot. The only thing I don't like is the new signs and t-shirts say "Les Miz." Maybe its the French major in me, but I'm horrified by this tacky Anglicized nickname for the musical. You can see the signs in the last picture. We had a great time. We've lived here for 5 years, but this is the first Broadway musical we've seen since we've been here. We had a picture contest while we were in the city to see who could get the best pictures. Clearly, I'm not a great photographer. But at least I married into creativity and artistic ability.

That's me up ahead in the black and grey.

A cool picture by Ron.

Ron being horrified by the combination of the bill and the lack of quantity/quality of food. He's a little bit of a food snob due to all the fancy lunches the law firm pays for. I wish they'd pay a little more for insurance. I took this and staged it. But I forgot to turn the flash off. Its still funny though.

Another cool picture by Ron.

Ron looking good at the Trump Tower.

"Les Miz"???????

Philadelphia--Franklin Institute

We had a fun spring break trip to Philadelphia on Friday. They have this place there called the Franklin Institute--one of the coolest science museums around. The King Tut exhibit was there and my kids loved it. The following are some pictures from our fun day. Here Joseph is trying out "surfing."

Outside.

This airplane was one of Joseph's favorite things.

Claire crawling through a clogged artery.

Watching a frog get "mummified."

Gracie experiments with shoe-lessness.

Racing to blow up a balloon.

We had a really fun time.

Recent pictures

Christian really wanted a picture of these guys.

Tactile learning in Williamsburg

Gracie on the day we went to Williamsburg

The kids' favorite thing to do in Williamsburg

I love this cutie!

We played a game like "barnyard upset" for FHE called prophets. Joseph was Spencer W. Kimball during that game. The following day, he wanted to still be Spencer W. Kimball so he wanted to wear his (and Christian's) Sunday clothes. He dresses like Spencer W. Kimball often these days. Sometimes he has accessories. Like a sword. He insists that Spencer W. Kimball had a sword.

Joseph dressed as a knight. Note the details of his outfit--he spends a long time getting everything right.

One of Christian's lego creations