What Is This Feeling, So Sudden and New?!

We felt the first time we laid eyes on Wicked. Well, it didn't meet our expectations. It exceded them!! I felt like I was DEFYING GRAVITY and was on Cloud Nine for the rest of the day because of Wicked. It was WONDERFUL, from the time spent at DEAR OLD SHIZ to when NO ONE MOURNED THE WICKED. The soundtrack was amazing, and we loved enjoying our ONE SHORT DAY seeing it live. We agreed that it is good that no more tickets are available, since we'd probably go see it again if we could!! Now that would be SOMETHING BAD. Wicked has had us DANCING THROUGH LIFE since our Saturday Matinee. Stunning, Awesome, Inspiring.

Well, that's about it. Now I'm just trying to savor the soundtrack, AS LONG AS IT'S MINE. It will be one of our top favorites FOR GOOD. It was even POPULAR with SamMan, who has learned bits and pieces from two or three songs.

Once Upon A Time...

In A Heavenly Kingdom as close to Zion as we can get, a young prince known for his humor and storytelling climbed onto the King's lap.

Here's how it went:

King: Samuel, are you ready to go to bed?

Sam: Um, no, but can you tell me a story?

King: Why don't you tell me a story?

Sam: Ok, once upon a time, there was a boy named Samuel, and he didn't want to go to bed.

That is awesome!

St. George

Be-yoo-tee-ful.

We arrived on Thursday, and had a great time. We swam, played basketball, went bowling, watched TV and movies,did Easter crafts, and relaxed. It was awesome! It felt sooo good to relax and slack off for a couple of days. We got to dye Easter eggs and do fun crafts on Saturday when there was a bit of rain. Other than Sat. Morning, the weather was warm and gorgues. And the food. The food was a-maz-ing!!! We ate at In-N-Out Burger, Tom's Deli, Bear Paw Cafe, and Pizza and Pasta Factory. Remember those names, because those are the best resteraunts in the city. We had to go home Easter afternoon. All in all, it was incredibly excellent, and we can't wait to go back.

(Plus SamMan and Babooshka did super well in the car!!)

Off We Go!

After months of preparation, (or, if you want to be logical...) After a week and a half of preparation, it's finally here! Soon, we'll be off to St. George! SamMan has gotten the swim bag out a bunch, and his version of packing is getting a bag of pretzels, a blow-up swim carrier, and his swimsuit and informing us he's ready to go. He told Mo yesterday, after spending various times during the week in just a swimsuit, "Mommy, today I will wear my swimsuit. It's not too cold. I'm going to go outside. OK??" Sticking to his stubborn traits, (now where in the heck did he get those from??) he wore his swimsuit around the house all day. It was the longest day of his, and Mo's. He has been absolutely sure for the last two weeks that today will be the day we will go. And when the kids got their third day off, he was crying for S-A-I-N-T G-E-O-R-G-E, (I'm scared to even type it, since we have him cleverly stalled with Out of the Box.) Luckily, the awesome,awesome Barneys let us escape with a Cafe Rio lunch, an easter egg hunt/dye, and jumping on the trampoline. It was so awesome, thank you Barneys!! After our escape, we ate leftovers and watched Idol.

Now, we wait, for the grand moment were we finally put our bags into the car, check our activity backpacks, pick up Grandpa Brent, and head out. YES!!!! :)

Jogusboy will be back Sunday. I hear Daddy coming back from the store, so I have a bit of work to do.

Bon Voyage.

I've been waiting for-ev-er to say that.

a verry happy and getting-ready-for-tropical-vacation jogusboy.

:)

Confrence Weekend

I love confrence. It's such a great time to listen to the prophet and apostles and be with family. I loved all the talks, but my favorites were from Elder Hales and Ucthdorf. I felt the spirit very strongly, especially in their talks. We missed Grandma and Grandpa Mission, but we know that their hearts were with us, even thought they are hundreds of miles away in Beunos Arieas. It is exciting to think that next April Confrence I'll join my two uncles, my grandpa, two of my cousins, and my Dad, to go to Preisthood Session for the first time with my cousin Jeffery. Hope your confrence was as great as ours!!

See Post Below...

Last post, Jogus reentered. Jogus is back, and three minutes later!

Last post I said, "Maybe nothing interesting happened, though I know that one was not true. "

I know a very exciting reason that is not true.

Last Saturday, we made a goal list. If we are able to complete those goals we will go to... ST. GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited. We'll go over Spring Break, that is if we go. I'm so excited!!!

The countdown is.... 5 days.

PS- Anybody who knows me thought that I must have every second planned the moment they read that we are going to St. George!! Sadly you are right. Tommorow's post will be that plan, though I strongly advise you to wait to visit the page until I've written something more interesting.

Peace Out,
jogusboy

Slowly Reentering: The Explanation of Jogus's Blog Break

So now I am back into blog world, after my short absance. I am writing this post listening to confrence.

I don't really know what caused my so-called blog break. Maybe I was just to obsessed with March Madness to do a ton of posting in March. Maybe nothing interesting happened, though I know that one was not true. Maybe my readers (all 3 of them,) needed a Jogus break, which is understandable. But, whatever the reason, I'm back in a writing tornado. Probably inspired from my 90+ minutes of reading last night.

To see cute pictures of Princess and Baboosh, please visit angelafielding.blogspot.com, aka the Simply Chic Photography Blog.

So, readers beware, Jogus is suddenly Back!! (dundundunDUUUNNN!)