Walkin' In a Timbers Wonderland

The Timbers season is starting! The Timbers season is starting!

For those of you who don't understand the gravity of my excitement, the Timbers are Portland's major league soccer team and the start of the season means some happy things:

1) We get to hang out with friends and family in the ruckus of the Timber's Army, doin' things like the 'Tetris,' which is a chant with a Portland twist, that requires thousands of people to move side to side en masse....a ridiculous amount of fun.

2) I get to focus on talented, athletic men with absurdly attractive legs for an extended period of time without Tim batting an eye.

3) It's just another opportunity for David Beckham to see me and realize that he's made a terrible mistake in marrying Posh Spice.

So bring on the season.

Timbers! Timbers!

We Can Dance If We Want To

Another year, another grand experience being in a large ballet production. Alex managed to wiggle out of the performance this year, but Tim got dragged in, so our family still made a solid showing (and my dreams of going gypsy and starting a traveling show are still very much alive).
The lights, the energy, the drama behind the scenes...in a parallel universe, I do this every day of my life. I'm sure of it.

As a side note, I have to say that Sydney overwhelms me with her grace as she grows into herself as a dancer. It's a privilege to be a part of something so encompassing and majestic with her year after year. 

Taking in the Newmark Theater

In the Wings

The Amish look is in

Backstage

We were so busy that the only photos of us together are from home taking off makeup