Hi Friends!

I have been absent...again.  But here I am.  And I cannot apologize.  We had the craziest of weeks.  And while I really couldn't spare a moment to blog, that is not even my excuse.

Honestly - we had a really difficult time this week, and I wanted to be able to have a complete experience and process it before sharing it with you all.

There were a lot of situational factors that worked against us this week.

First and foremost, it was our first time.  I guess this is unavoidable, but still...  As we become more familiar with the way rehearsals are run and the show itself, our task will become much more manageable.

Additionally, because of Labor day, our week was one day short.  Needless to say - when you are attempting to mount a production with 55 kids, one day is extremely valuable!

Aaaaaand, of course, it was 96 degrees on Friday and we had to convince the school to turn the air conditioning off in the gym, as it made a loud droning hum, making it impossible to hear the children.  So...we had the entire school and a bunch of parents in the gym on a ridiculously hot day.  I sure hope they enjoyed perhaps the sweatiest version ever of Campfire Tales.  (They seemed to, with the exception of the small child who was coloring on the floor with a green crayon for the majority of the afternoon.)

The bottom line is we survived (with a LOT of help from our Deb and Jen), the kids did a GREAT job, and we know we have a TON of growing to do, but we are ready and excited for it.

We know this will definitely be a process.  No one ever promised it would be easy, and we are love a challenge.  So, we are going to focus on working hard and enjoying the journey.

Love,
Carolyn (And Harrison)

Ps. Tomorrow's post will be about our weekend trip to Madison to see my family.  Spoiler alert: there were shananigans.

A picture from one of our students.  "Join the Campfire Tales."