Wicked

 I got lucky, I married a man who enjoys the theater. 

Think of it? A manly man who will go to plays with me, and like it.

When I found out Wicked was coming to Salt Lake I jumped on it. 

As soon as I secured our tickets I cranked up the show tunes.

At first Trevor tried to tell me that it would be better if he knew nothing about the story / songs so that way he could be surprised and have anticipation and suspense, like a movie.

I had to explain to him that the theater is like a piece of fine art. You could go to a museum and walk by masterpiece after masterpiece if you didn't know what you were looking at. But once you know something about the piece, the artist, the background, how it was made, what it took to create it, you go from glancing at a work of art to really looking at a masterpiece and having a love and deep connection for that treasure.

The more you know, the more it means something to you.

You enjoy a museum one thousand percent more when you know what you are looking at. 

It's the same with plays.

With Trevor, we had to start from the beginning.

He had never even seen The Wizard of Oz.

Can you believe that there are people in this world who have never seen The Wizard of Oz??

"How did you like it?"

"I may have thought it a little boring, there was only one story line."

Our seats? Eye level with the chandelier. 

 It was perfect! Amazing!

When I asked him how he liked....

"It was way more funny than I expected it was going to be."

(Which is true, if you have ever heard Trevor's laugh.... he thought it was pretty funny.)

"I am really glad I watched The Wizard of Oz there were a lot of inside jokes and parts that I wouldn't have understood if I hadn't seen the movie."

Considering the few tears he shed there at the end, and his humming Popular on the way home, I am going to interpret the above statements to mean that he LOVED IT!!!

Movie Buff

Bridget went to her first movie the other night.

We picked the late show thinking she would sleep through it. 

She did eventually fall asleep but not before she enjoyed about 2/3rds of the action packed flick.

Judging by the fact that it captured the attention of infants and adults alike, we give Sherlock Homes two thumbs up.

Hypocricy?

Is it beyond pathetic of me to say I really don't like cell phones when I carry around 3 of them?

It's true I really do have three of them; I have a work cell, a personal cell, and we used to have iphones before I got angry at our phone bill and canceled them but I still carry it around to take pictures with (and for other apps I use). However, they are more often than not out of battery or on silent so I don't answer them anyway.

And now for a visual,

here is an awkward picture of me expelliarmus-ing Trevor's cell phone out of his hand. In a movie theater. They have like 1,214 ads before the movie begins to turn off your phone.

"But they are so convenient April"

Sure they may be conveninet, but they have ruined human interaction... or enhanced it ...

I haven't quite decided yet.

Did you know?!

The very last Harry Potter Movie came out last night?!

Of course you know. 

But did you go to an awesome Harry Potter party with a midnight showing? we did. Mostly because we wanted to dress up... and the Sweet Tooth Fairy made cauldron cakes for the party... AND we totally won prizes. Let me explain. 

Don't I make the best incredibly pregnant Dumbledore you have ever seen?

Best lookin Harry, smokin hot in his quidditch robes!

 So unfortunately I forgot to take pictures during the party, but it was put on by Launie at Gracious Rain. You can go to Launie's blog and check out some pictures of the event. For the past few months she has been collecting donations from businesses and etsy shops to give away as prizes. There were over 200 people there and everyone got a prize!

Trevor got an awesome fridge magnet that

makes sure everyone knows how you feel:                          I got this lovely Hogwarts 

                                                                                              crest necklace:

 There were also goodie bags on our seats in the theater full of: coupons, candy, pins, fake "dark mark" tattoos, MANY other treasures, and these fantastic crocheted finger puppets: (Dumbledore and Ron)

We had a blast!

And guess what? THE MOVIE WAS FANTASTIC!!! Seriously, it was by far the best Harry Potter movie! And you need to know, I judge these movies very harshly. I am a huge fan of the books and a not so big fan of the movies, but this one I feel like they finally did right. That review is even coming after staying up until 3:00AM and getting 3 hours of sleep last night, I usually hold that against the movie.

So Yes, I highly recommend Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2.