Jaks & Oliver!

Could this be any cuter??


Jaks wrapped up our second showing of Oliver! Congrats to the cast and crew for two rounds and 14 successful shows. Keep an eye on the site for updates on coming events www.jakstheatrecompany.org

Dedicated: Kelly Busby

For this moment!

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Thanks so much Kelly - this would not have happened if it weren't for your thoughtfulness and persistence, and you weren't even there to enjoy it...we missed you. This was truly the highlight of my trip! Not only was it so much fun to see the whole family and your home, Riga is absolutely beautiful!!

~ Thank you ~

Finish every day and be done with it. You've done what you could. Some blunders and some absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear with its hopes and invitations to waste a moment on yesterdays.

~ Emerson

On the move...

Moving. Is. Hard.

I cannot believe what a crazy time we have had moving our home! I am usually organized and efficient but this entire process was out of control. I blame it partially on a crazy work/travel schedule, partially on this being our first move of this magnitude and partially on my own laziness! We closed this week and moved into a nice little place in Kaysville. It took some work to get it ready but it's going to be perfect for the next while. I painted the bedrooms and office and as we started hanging our curtains, pictures, etc. it really started to feel like home. Of course this was before we moved all of our junk - I cannot believe how much stuff we have despite my efforts to downsize before the move. Regardless we are settling in and Dylan is loving the new pad, of course it came with a full swing set and he got a new train set so the adjustment appears to be a positive one!

**If you know Dylan than you know Monkey, here they are swinging together!**

**Ryan has been so excited to get Dylan a train set. He spent the whole evening getting it perfect so Dylan would wake up to a fun surprise! What a good dad.**

Halloween with the Wellington crew...

Could there be anything better than a month of Halloween parties? Not for me! I love any excuse for a costume required party. We got into the spirit early this year at a party with the Wellington crew on Oct. 9th - this is the perfect crowd to rid me of jet lag in a hurry!
Thanks for hosting yet another fantastic party Marlena!!
We didn't have much time to coordinate so I was an evil fairy type thing and Ryan a hippie...I don't know why but that makes me laugh!

Stratford Upon Avon

We wrapped up our incredible week in Stratford Upon Avon, the fairy-tale hometown of William Shakespeare AND yes - we drove there!


Tea? For two?

Oldest tavern in Stratford where we enjoyed the most amazing meal of our trip!

The home on the left is the birthplace of Shakespeare

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

This classic street had to be captured in photo!

~ Beautiful Riga ~

I'll add more and captions later...for now just a few pics!

London baby!

So it's 3:30AM in London... yeah time changes really mess with ya! BUT I figured it would be the perfect time to post a few pics of our whirlwind first 30 hours en route and in the UK.

It's really perfect weather here! It's cool and rainy and as you will see WINDY...

Tower of London

Tower Bridge

This is the shot I was going for...

This is a sampling of the sequence of events to get it -->




Phew - finally!!

This show was amazing ~ We are so in love!

More later - off to LATVIA!!

Dedicated: Lincoln & Sawyer

Dylan has the most adorable cousins who unfortunately live WAY TOO far away! But they are so good to him (and have an awesome mom!) and made him personalized cards, mailed individually, from Latvia, absolutely oozing with love! He promptly named each masterpiece and we have hung them in the place of honor, on the fridge.

"Lincoln" by Lincoln Thomas Busby, age 4.75


"Hands" by Sawyer Hamilton Busby, age 2.5

When we wants to hold the picture he asks for it by name.

Link to "tank you" video from Dylan! It was too large to upload here...

**Dyl thought we were on Skype hence his reason for coming to look at the screen, poor kid wanted to actually talk to the boys! We live in the future man!!

What was he thinking??

Last month Ryan accomplished an incredibly difficult race to the top, literally the top, of the mountain in Kaysville. There's this little race called the Bairgutsman, little in the sense that you can't find much information about it and what you do find is very ambiguous. Well, at the suggestion of his "friend" Scott he decided to sign up...kind of, he was talking about it for months before I just went in and committed him by registration!

Essentially this race goes from Fruit Heights FIVE+ MILES STRAIGHT UP THE MOUNTAIN - a 5,000 foot climb - to the radar towers on top, it's then finished with a mere 5+ miles along the top to the finish line before you hitchhike down Farmington Canyon. Hence the title of this post "What was he thinking?" Well, what I was thinking is let's take out more life insurance! But of course he made it and in great time (2h57m, 20th place!! I know, he rocked it!) with minimal thrashing of this legs from the brush - this is definitely not a groomed trail.

Thanks for taking a couple of breaks to share with those of us mere mortals who were sleeping and missed this breathtaking morning view!