The Hazard Chronicles

This was a week of shows for us. On Thursday, Rach and I saw "The 39 Steps" put on by the theater department at the local community college. On Friday, we brought the whole family to see "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the high school. Evelyn had helped with the set, and several of her friends were in the show. I think they did a better job than the college kids. And then on Saturday, Rach and I went down to Spokane for a night of stoke and entertainment with the release of the latest Warren Miller ski film. It's been fun. 

"Jerry the snail hopes you had a good night!" That was written on the blue paper. Our kids are great. We came home from the ski film to a perfectly clean house, the kids all asleep, and this little guy waiting for us on the counter. How sweet.

We'll finish off our run of paid entertainment tomorrow evening when we go see the live production of Rocky Horror at a Spokane theater. We've seen the movie several times, participated in all the callouts, and watched the shadow cast, but we've never actually seen it performed live without the film as a backdrop. It has received good reviews in local press, and the show sold out almost as soon as tickets went up, which is a huge milestone for this particular theater. It should be good. Also, Rachel's sister is coming up for the weekend so it will be fun to have her there as well.

Besides the shows, we did all the regular Halloween festivities on Monday night. But it was different this year. For the first time in 12 years, Rachel and I did not go trick-or-treating to a single house. I think those days are behind us. Woo-Hoo!

Jack (Ninja) went out with his friend John (Mr. Monopoly). They brought in the greatest haul of candy out of anyone by a factor of about 3. Their secret? Negotiation at the doorstep. I'll put this in quotes- "Look, I'm not going to say trick or treat. The fact is that it is raining and we want to go home. It's also likely that you are wanting to turn off your light and go to bed. Let's help each other out a little bit."

Yes, I think they actually said that to people. And apparently it worked. I don't know if, as a parent, I should be proud or embarrassed.

These three stayed together most of the night

Ev got together with a group of friends as well. They hooked up with some others and were out pretty late. I don't think they really did any trick-or-treating. They were mostly just jumping around to different friends houses to hang out.

It was a good night for everyone

Well, that's about it for us. We're looking forward to spending time with Shannon for a few days.

Have a good week!