The Little Mermaid

For my birthday Brent bought me tickets to see Disney's The Little Mermaid at the Tuachan. Ever since I was a little girl I have LOVED the Little Mermaid so this was such a fun thing to do. I definitely felt like a kid again waiting anxiously for the day to come. When the day finally came I was so excited I could hardly wait to go. Brent took me out to eat at Iggy's Grill. Their bread is to die for but I hate their service. We got to the play and I was shocked to see we had amazing seats (considering the show has been sold out almost every night) and that we were on the 8th row and dead center. Brent even bought me a great collectors program with lots of pictures from the play.

The play started by actually flooding the stage with water. It was so neat to see all of the special effects they did. They had a wall of water come down that they did light effects on it to make it seem like you were actually under the water. They also did a lot with black lights, wires & pulleys, and with costumes. Ursula's costume was the best. Her tentacles looked like the rolled across the stage with her! And her eels Flotsam and Jetsam had light on their costumes to make them electric eels. Every "fish" had on skates to seem more like they were swimming. My favorite scenes were the music number of "Under the sea", the fight between Sebastian and Chef Louis, and the dance numbers with the eels and Ursula.

I loved every minute of the play and spending the evening with Brent! I loved it so much I seriously was ready to watch it again! I bet Brent loved seeing me so giddy just as much if not more than the play itself. Thank you so much Brent for the wonderful evening and a great birthday! I love you!

Birthday

This year for Megan's birthday I kept it simple, but fun.  I got her a couple of CD's that she has been wanting.  I also got her The Hunger Games trilogy.  We have been reading it through a cousin's Nook account.  Thanks, Joey!!

We went to the bowling alley and played a couple of games.  We aren't very good, but we had a lot of fun playing and just spending some quality time together.

Megan's favorite Disney movie of all-time is The Little Mermaid.  It happens to be playing at the Tuacahn Amphitheater in Ivins, Utah.  I got eighth row seats for August 22nd.  I hope she will enjoy it

It has been a wonderful time together, Megan.  I count myself very lucky to be the man in your life.  I love you so much!  I hope we have many more wonderful years ahead.  :)

A nephew!

We just learned yesterday that we will be having a new nephew this coming December. Congrats Mark, Em, & Scott!

a week with family: like falling down a rabbit hole by: joey!

After the DeLeeuw family reunion, I was able to go to Cedar City with Cameron to visit Megan (a cousin who I never got to know). She was such an interesting character. She was full of excitement. She showed me so many cool things there. It was so much fun because we hit it off once we got to know each other as cousins...haha. While we were there she took us to the Renaissance Fair almost everyday. She acted like a mother towards me, payed for me when I lost my $20, and made us dinner =). Our schedules were pretty much mapped out. Every morning I'd wake up and have breakfast with Cam. Pass the time playing video games and watching movies until Megan got home from work. Then we would go to the store or the Fair then go home and make dinner. Afterwards we would watch a movie or play..again. Don't get me wrong it was fun. But my favorite moments weren't when we were at the fair, or when I was watching a million movies that I'd never seen that were apparently classics, or when we were up at 2 in the morning laughing our heads off while Brent slept. Instead they were when I was getting to know Brent and Megan. My favorite moments were when I had heart felt conversations with my new friend, one whom I would end up calling mom and speak to almost everyday. I enjoyed getting to know my wonderful, strong, bold cousin. She helped to open my eyes about just how important the church is. How important family is. Megan you will be a great mother when the time comes. Your excitement about the church just made me want to be more like you. So in a way my adventure to Cedar City can be seen as an adventure down to wonderland. Megan is like the Mad Hatter in this tale. Brilliant and likable. Going into Wonderland, Alice was indecisive and couldn't see the world for what it was. I was similar to Alice in that i didn't know much about who I wanted to be. Leaving Cedar City made me feel like I knew who I wanted to be. Thank you Megan for....everything.

(My sweet cousin Joey wrote the above. Seriously the sweetest thing anyone has ever said about me!! Thank you Joey! It was so fun having him and Cameron out for a week. Don't you just love the picture of them in jars!! Thank you Joey for coming down and for everything you did...especially for that extremely yummy dinner you made us. It was so nice to get to know you more. You are such a special person and we love you.)