Short but oh so sweet

Last month I made a quick trip to Denver (just me!).  And even though it was short and I got totally sick onthe fight over, I always like being with my family and I LOVED seeing my little brother perform for the first time (my first time seeing him, not his first time performing...).

And since it just so happened that I was there on Earth Day, we also got to spend a few hours at:

It was all beautiful Spring blooms and I got to spend some time with some of my favorite people!

my cute niece

 my best friend from high school

I also got to talk to my niece's girl scout troop (my sis is the leader) about some of my experiences around the world.  They were such great girls!  I showed them lots of pictures and we did a paper bead craft, just like they do in Uganda.  I know I had fun, and I hope they did too!

But the main event I went for was "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown".  Now you have to understand that up until a year or two ago, Mason was a serious soccer kid; all about sports.  And all his life, he's been the most quiet and reserved of all of us (which is not saying much, but he was really kind of shy).  And then he starts doing tech theatre and building stages and sets (which he was totally good at, by the way), and THEN he was IN a play.  And now he is singing SOLOS as one of the LEADS in a musical!  But he will soon be graduating and maybe this will be the end of his acting career.  So now you know why I HAD to see this play!   And I was definitely not disappointed.  Mason was amazing.  I love that boy. 

(Sorry the pics aren't that great, and don't really do his singing ability any justice, but here ya go.  He's the one in the blue & purple striped shirt - aka Schroeder.)

 Mason had a great cheering section that night.  "WooHoo! That's my brother!!"  I hope we didn't embarass him too much. :)

All my siblings - SO great to be all together again!