Missoula Children's Theatre

Every year at Maple the MCT comes to town for a week of drama boot camp. The team arrives and has try outs after school on Monday they pick parts and begin practicing right away. They practice every night that week ending with a dress rehersal on friday afternoon and a final performance on Friday night. Ellie was chameleon in a zany spinoff of Robinson Crusoe. I think I counted 7 of the Bloemhof cousins who participated. It is a great experience for all the kids involved and I am always excited when Ellie choses to participate. Emma tried out but she was a little shy so she wasn't chosen. Maybe next year!!

Rain, Rain Don't Go Away...

The month of January has brought several storms with some much needed rain. The mountains of California have had a considerable amount of snow which means that we will have water this summer. I am sure that the farmers are all loving it considering that water has been tight. I wish I knew how much rain we have had but I don't. One day after a shower had passed by the sun came out at our house but it was dark to the east and a beautiful rainbow came out. You could see the whole thing but it was too big to caputure in one picture. You can also see a faint double rainbow to the right of the bright one. The kids were very excited to see it. So I rushed to get the camera hoping it wouldn't disappear! This is taken in our front yard facing east. My parents live in the house that you can see in the distance.