Another openin', another show!

And off we go to Broadway land! Yes, once again I am directing a show for my elementary school. This year we are doing a Broadway Revue. Eight different songs from seven shows. Had to do both It's a Hard Knock Life and Tomorrow from Annie. With over 40 little girls involved how could I NOT? It will be a lot of work, but I have lots of great help from parents and grandparents.

Ben is once again playing Upward Basketball and loving it. Last year he got pneumonia and missed the last few weeks. Back in November he won a gold medal at the Special Olympics for bowling. We are so proud of our boy!

I must get busy memorizing music for my choir, the Central Texas Master Singers. We will be recording in May. I am so excited about that! We will finally have a CD we can sell. I can't wait to get one for my mom.

I hope everyone is well this time of year. Lots of people are getting sick. So far I have not gotten anything, lets hope it stays that way!

Blessings to all!

Ben

My son Ben has Down syndrome. He is 15 and for the most part enjoys school. He is currently in the 8th grade. His favorite person in the whole world is his sister, Naomi. He misses her a lot because she left last year to go to college. Ben really enjoys watching movies. Some of his favorites are, Evan Almighty, Home Alone, Corky Romano, Mamma Mia and the Broadway DVD of Into the Woods. He likes this show because Naomi was once in it while we lived in Plano. This winter we heard about a basketball league for special needs kids in Waco at Columbus Ave. Baptist church. Last Saturday was Ben's last basketball game. He had so much fun doing this that I can't wait for next year. We met some really nice people. Fortunately, Challenger League Baseball starts at the end of this month. A lot of the same people are involved so it should be fun. For those of you that don't know, Challenger League is the special needs division of Little League. Ben hasn't really done any sports other than swimming and bowling with Special Olympics. This will be a new experience for him and I hope he enjoys it. Basically as long as people cheer for him, he does pretty well. When we took the camera to his basketball games, he would make sure we were looking at him when he ran by. He even made some baskets!