Rasmania 101: Happy Birthday AJ and Dan (and Doyeon in a few days).

Generally about this time of year, Roy and I head down to Cedar City to see their fall plays--the ones they don't show in the summer, We also happened to have tickets to our local theater (Centerpoint), to the "Adam's Family" Wednesday night. It was a musical. We took some friends that have treated us to the Hale Center Theater a couple of times. I was a little worried that the play would be awful (since we had guests). It was a pleasant and fun surprise. It was also very Halloween appropriate. The actors were fabulous, the music (did I mention it was a musical?) was excellent, and the plot was fun.
Thursday morning, I exercised and cleaned the house and Roy went to work. About 1:00 we headed for Cedar City. We made it in time to have dinner and check into our B & B. The play was "Odd Couple," the actors, Brian Vaugn and David Ivers. We were excited to see this play because these are two very well known actors in Cedar City. The fun part was that throughout the run of the play, they have been switching roles. On the week days they are scheduled as to who they will play, but on the weekends, they flip a coin. We really enjoyed watching. Friday, we enjoyed a delicious B & B breakfast (baked pear, egg and potato casserole, and some sweet bread), a nice walk with a bit of shopping (and the most delicious cup of hot chocolate I've ever enjoyed--at the "French Stop" a little outdoor kiosk restaurant), and then the play "Murder for Two" This one was played in a small theater, so there were a lot of people who wanted to see it that couldn't get tickets. The two actors (and there were only two), were both concert pianists. One of the actors played a "detective," I put that in quotes because he was really just a detective wannabe. The other actor played about 10 different characters--with different body language for each one so they would be instantly recognizable. Wow! I have never seen anything like it, and it was amazing.
After the play we headed for home. It was one of those wonderful vacations that you hate to see end, especially because it was so short. I guess a lot of our little getaways are short. We drove 4 hours on Thursday and 4 on Friday. We do that a lot when we go to Dutch John, too. At least we go.

Saturday was busy for both me and Roy. He did paperwork and other chores, while I spent the whole day at a water aerobics training workshop. The morning consisted of 2 hours lecture and 2 hours in the pool, exercising, hard! And the afternoon was one hour lecture and one hour in the pool, exercising, HARD. Needless to say, I am exhausted this morning. And I couldn't even count my steps while I was in the pool. I ended up with nearly 7,000 steps--not counting my workouts. When I got home, I had just enough energy to pick the raspberries. I heard it was to be cold on Sunday and didn't want to take a chance on not getting the last of the berries. I got about 1 quart. The picture doesn't look like it's that much, but it is.

Sunday evening we had the family over to celebrate AJ's, Dan's and Doyeon's birthday.--Everyone came minus Crista and Elise and their families. Roy showed them the new baby chicks that arrived this week (I guess I forgot to mention that Roy now has chickens. I think he planned on being in our new home and yard by now). We had a delicious dinner and enjoyed the company.