Wicked

Several years ago Eric surprised me with tickets to go see the Broadway production, Wicked.  I loved it!  I came home and shared the story and the music with my kids.  I thought about how much they would have loved to see it with us.  Well, when I heard it was coming to town this year I wanted to get them tickets so badly.  With our recent family vacations, we just felt it wasn't in the budget. I was so disappointed.  Wouldn't it be great to be made of money?

My mother-in-law knew how much I wanted the family to see it together.  For Christmas she surprised the whole family with tickets to attend the show.  I don't know if you can imagine the calendaring that took place to find tickets to a show we could all attend together.  In the end we still had to buy and resale tickets due to overlooked schedules.  Half the family went one weekend and the other half of the family followed the next weekend.

Carson, McKenna, Eric and I enjoyed the show with Cathy and Steve.  My parents and a neighbor bought Tanner, Austin and Lani's tickets for that night and attended with us, so Lani, Tanner and Austin could attend another weekend due to choir conflicts.  It was a wonderful evening.

Lani made us a delicious St. Patrick's Day dinner before the show then we piled into the van and headed downtown for the show.  It was so fun to take Carson and McKenna before the show to look into the orchestra pit and then watch their faces throughout the elaborate production.  Needless to say we all loved it.  McKenna was singing the songs for weeks leading up to the performance and she still hasn't stopped singing them now that she has seen it.