Distinguished Guests

Patrons of the Arts!

Our daughter, Hannah, had lots of fun this summer performing as Sandy in a community theater production of Grease! I ended up going four times (I couldn't help it), and saw someone I knew in the audience every time! Hannah's participation in the show brought in lots of revenue!

Above you see Hannah with a group of friends, including, from left: Katie - her college roommate and bff, Hannah, and Lindsay, her other bff! :)

Of course, Emily came to see her sister!

Here is my friend and co-worder, Mark Stickney, and his wife, Kristine, posing with Hannah.

Here's Hannah with our special friend, Genevieve.

Thanks for coming to the show!

Excellent Day of Fun!

We had such a fun time recently when our dear friends, the Engels, came from Indy for the weekend. Scott and Dave were best friends in high school. Old friends are the best! Dave and Denise married just three months before we did - 33 years ago! Scott and Dave stood up for each other in our weddings, and we've all been friends ever since!

We spent most of the day at the Chicago Botanic Garden, in Glencoe. It is just a gorgeous gem, a not-to-be-missed spot if you are in the area!

I don't remember what was in these overhead flower baskets, but I do remember that the sight of them took your breath away!

This shows the Japanese Gardens. We didn't know this was coming up (the Botanic Gardens is a HUGE place - acres and acres - we were there 2-3 hours and saw only a portion of it), and came around a corner and - POW! This picture doesn't do it justice, I know - but when I caught sight of it, I stopped short and got tears in my eyes. It was that beautiful.

We finished our wonderful day by seeing a performance of Grease!, featuring our daughter, Hannah, as Sandy.

Scott, Denise, Hannah, Dave, and me

Grease is the word

This is my daughter, Hannah, in a recent photo. Her friend, Katie, has a little business taking headshots - doesn't she take nice pictures?

Anyway, Hannah is in a show this summer - she is playing Sandy in "Grease!" at Summer Place Theater in Naperville. We are all very excited to see her open in the show this coming Friday night!

Hannah had some highlights in her hair, and the director told her she had to either go all brown, or all blonde.....

.... and she opted to go ALL blonde! She and I spent over 5 hours at the beauty shop a few weeks ago, and this is the result! (Plus, I got a nice haircut and some pretty highlights myself!) Her friend, Lindsay, was just completing beauty school, so she "did the honors".

I think Hannah looks pretty cute as a blonde "Sandy"...

.... but it seems that just yesterday, she looked like this:

Break a leg at the show, Hannah!!!!!!!!!! We love you!