Zoo Day!

I have the best friend in the whole world! She takes such good care of Marren, I never worry when I leave her with Nancy! She joined us on our zoo day!

Finally! Another pic of me with Marren! She is sitting on an Elephant! hehehe.... Marren is scared of elephants. I had to hide an elephant toy that Nancy bought her...

The waterfall by the Bears!

The original Bear bars from the first OKC zoo, Wheeler Park

Marren with the silverback in the background

At the Queen with Sophie

The girls are in matching dresses! Trish and Sophie ate dinner with us at the Queen of Sheba. Marren is trying to squeeze out of her highchair.

The girls were so good at dinner! They looked awesome in their matching outfits. I couldn't get them to stand still to take a good full length picture. Oh well!

MMMMMMMM. Marren loves lentils! They were nice and spicy with berbere seasoning.

Sophie and Marren tried to take away each other's food even though they had plenty in front of them.

The girls play great together. At first all they would do is grunt at each other but now it's hugs and kisses for everyone!

The Queen!

This is my only photo, sorry mom..... Marren and I went to eat dinner Saturday night at the Queen of Sheba. Diane, my friend from down the street, went with us! It was the semi-annual dinner at the Queen with other families who have adopted or are adopting children from Ethiopia. We met several nice families and have added a couple more blogs I can stalk! :) JK. It was so nice to meet other people who have gone through the same things I have!

Marren enjoyed the injera and liked the lentils, chickpeas, string beans and the curry potato and carrot mixture. She would have been too young to eat in in Ethiopia but I am glad she is trying it early on so we can continue to go as she gets older.

Belated post about birthday sushi

I ordered sushi to share with the missionaries and with my BFF Bill! Elder Chun was super excited and Bill and Elder Spjute were first timers! Everything was super delish! Marren had chicken. I tried to feed her seaweed salad but it looks like grass so she kept handing it to me.....which is what she does with real grass! I wish I videotaped it!

Nano's first time

Now don't anyone get upset by this picture, it is old. This is my bestie Nancy. She had never been to a live production of anything! We went to the Plaza Theater on 16th and Classen October 27th to see Sweeney Todd! Tears could be pooling in my eyes now just speaking of it! It was amazing! The theater is a smaller venue. There is no curtain and their wasn't enough budget for elaborate set designs but it didn't matter. The production was magnificent! If you could see us grasp hands in excitement over hearing Mrs Lovett's solo you would have thought you had found the two biggest nerds.

So- just by chance, that evening's performance was followed up with a Q-and-A with the cast. I had never had that opportunity so we decided to stick around. I was facinated how these actors could sing so beautifully while using a Cheapside London accent. We decided that I would ask that question. I never did. The first question goes a little like this, and I am paraphrasing:

"Since the original production took place during the Industrial Revolution, did you find yourselves finding parallels with the poverty and failed business of today while preparing your character?"

GAG! I will never call myself a nerd again.... at least for a while. I think I have a somewhat intelligent mind, but I felt stupid in that room. It was fun to listen to the conversation though :) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is my new favorite hands down!

Tongue Tacos

Holly took me to this Taqueria for my birthday and I brought Diann and Bill to eat there last week! Granted, the taco van outside of the Sears in Salt Lake City is tastier, but this place is almost as good!

I have eaten here three times and I always forget to take pictures of my food! This is my empty plate! This evening I had one taco, one beef stomach taco, and a tongue taco! Yum Yum indeed. The carrots in the upper right corner are delicious! I can't pinpoint the flavor but cloves are involved. I also am a salsa fiend and they make wonderfully pungent and spicy salsas!

This of course is Bill and Diann! Bill is my BFF and Diann is my separated twin separated by a few years! I attend all of the single events with Bill and Diann and I are Ballet Oklahoma season ticket holders! She will be going with me to Kansas City in November to see HMS Pinafore.