another year has come and gone and it's that time again for another annual year-in-review post! i love these posts each year because they are such a nice way to close out the year and to look back on all of the things that we packed into the past twelve months.
here are our highlights from 2019 . . .
in january, we rang in the new year and
celebrated seven years with leko. i turned 34 and to celebrate
we had a dinner party with our families,
saw the dancing with the stars live tour show,
visited a new local aquarium, and
enjoyed some treats!
i was on local tv to promote an upcoming show at the theatre, and we
saw the tour of disney on ice when it came to town. we
celebrated aunt ruth's 75th birthday and
stayed home for a snowed-in weekend with leko. we
worked the national tour of the broadway musical spamalot when it came to town too.
in february,
leko looked for his shadow on groundhog's day but did not see it so he predicted an early spring! we all
curled up on the couch to watch the superbowl and
had a production of "nunsense" at the theatre. i
celebrated my one year work anniversary of working at the theatre and we
celebrated valentine's day.
the mac king comedy magic show came to our theatre from las vegas and we
took a trip to new jersey with my parents for some cheesecake.
i hosted a high school field trip at my theatre and we
worked a billy joel's tribute show too.
in march, we
celebrated ryan's mom's birthday,
worked a journey tribute concert, and
worked the national tour of the broadway musical "the king and i" when it came to town.
in april,
we saw a few shows,
leko discovered his love for an orange sneaker box, and
we worked several more shows. we
went to see sight and sound's noah in movie theatres, and we
celebrated easter sunday with our families. i
was the guest on a local radio station's podcast, we
took a walk around a local lake, and ryan
designed the lights for a local high school's play. we
took a trip to the steamtown train museum with our families, and
worked a bunch of shows back-to-back in the theatre.
in may,
leko kept us laughing with the funny positions he gets in to sleep and we
worked an irish history play and a bunch of dance recitals. we
celebrated mother's day with our families and we
went on a train ride in the rain. we
took a vacation to walt disney world in florida and we
got together with our families for a picnic and a walk on memorial day.
in june,
leko enjoyed the warm weather and we
celebrated father's day with a quick lunch between shows at the theatre. we
learned how to drive fork lifts, and we
finished up spring dance recital season. we
took a cruise aboard the norwegian escape ship from nyc to bermuda too!
in july, we
celebrated the fourth of july with our families and i
went on a summer garden tour with my parents. we
worked the summer concert season as well as
camp bisco and
a kids' musical revue show. we also
worked the peach music festival and
another kids' musical revue show.
in august, we
celebrated our nine year wedding anniversary by working
the train / goo goo dolls concert and
the dierks bentley concert at our local outdoor concert pavilion. we
took a trip to the lehigh valley zoo with our parents to visit the animals, and
made our annual trip to the wanye county fair. we v
isited the grand canyon of pennsylvania with my parents, and
celebrated ryan's 35th birthday by taking a trip to knoebels amusement park with our family. we
worked another summer concert, and
another summer concert. we
took a trip to sight and sound theatre in lancaster with our families to see their production of jesus, and made our
annual pilgrimage to our local italian festival.
in september, we
kicked off the fall season at our theater with a rolling stones tribute show. made our annual trips to
roba family farms and
ritter's cider mill. we
celebrated leko's 8th birthday and
worked our last outdoor concert for the summer season. we
enjoyed the fall weather with a walk around lake scranton, and
saw the touring off-broadway show "the office" when it came to town. we
took a day trip to woodbury common too.
in october,
my blog turned 8 years old! we
worked a beach boys tribute show at the theatre, and
made a creative centerpiece out of book pages for an arts event. we
saw a group of actors perform at a local cemetery walking tour, and we
took a trip to dorney park. we
saw an ice hockey game and
celebrated my parents' anniversary by going to nyc to see the broadway musical tootsie. we
worked the national tour of the broadway musical "a bronx tale" when it came to town and
worked a children's musical based on the "judy moody and stink" book series. we
celebrated halloween by dressing up and handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters at our house too.
in november, we
worked some more shows and
celebrated my dad's birthday. we
worked a judy collins concert, and
celebrated thanksgiving with our families. we kicked off the holiday season by
working the twelve twenty-four show too.
in december, we
sent out our annual christmas cards. we
saw mannheim steamroller live in concert and we
saw an eagles tribute band to celebrate my mom's birthday. we
worked a holiday dance recital followed by
another holiday dance recital. we
spent the entire month working on the nutcracker. we
decorated the front of our theatre for the holiday season and
decorated a theatre tree at our local mall for a tree festival. we celebrated
christmas eve and
christmas day with our families, and
survived all of the nutcracker.
hope everyone had a great 2019!
happy new year!
love, laurie
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