Sutton, Cougars, and Robin-Oh My!

Welcome to Cougartown!
It's that time of year again, when the leaves start to turn and so does the weather. When Tom Hanks tells Meg Ryan he wishes he could send her a boquet of newly sharpened pencils. And I head back down to Provo for another semester of...well we'll see what BYU has in store for me this semester.

So far it has been good, good roomates, good classes (except French) and good times. I am taking a tap class which I am really excited about. I took tap for about 9 years and have been on hiatus for about 6 and I decided that I wanted to take it up again-and I'm loving it! As I was leaving class yesterday there were 3 girls walking behind me who started talking and I happened to hear their conversation: two of them were talking to the other and asked her when she was leaving for some exciting trip she was going to be taking, syaing that they were really jealous of her. She told them that she was leaving that night. Then one of them said, "Who's getting married again?", to which she casually replied, "Oh, Sutton Foster."!!!!! Well my ears perked right up! Someone else behind me, who had heard this too, gasped and said, "How do you know her? I can't believe you're going to her wedding!" She informed us all that Sutton is a "friend of the family"....LUCKY!

For those who don't know, Sutton Foster is the Tony award winning actress from Thouroughly Modern Millie, Little Women, and The Drowsy Chaperone (nominated for best actress in all 3, she won for Millie), and is one of my current favorites.

Last night I went up to Salt Lake to see Robin Hood The Legendary Comedy at the Sugar Factory Playhouse, written and directed by the hilarious Bob Bedore. Bob starred as the villanous Sheriff of Nottingham along with other friends of mine from this June's production of Once Upon A Mattress also at the SFP: Mike Dodge as Friar Tuck, Corey Brandenberger as Sir Guy, Jen Crabb as Lady Clydesdale, Kate Brenchley (soon to be Bedore!) as the assortment, Natalie Easter as Maid Marion, and Carlie Brockbank as ensemble. Also fabulous performances from Michael Bobo as the Sheik, Andrew Jensen as Robin Hood, and Brian Brady as Little John. It was a blast! I enjoyed every minute of it, especially the chance to cheer the heros and boo the villians. It was a really good production: fun, well acted, polished and fresh. Get on over to the SFP and catch it while you can, it will only be there until September 23rd!

A couple of congratulations are in order, lot's of stuff happening for people:
Stephanie and Darin Rowe welcomed their first baby this past week, Charlotte Rowe 7lbs.14 oz. 21 in long!
My roomate Christina and her boyfriend Dan have set a date for Decmber 22nd to get married!
Congratulations to you guys!

That's all for now, but let me leave you with this thought from Neil Simon, my favorite playwright:
“I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.”-Neil Simon

~Mahalo