June 2010 – All That is Gold

Drama Camp 2010

Saturday, June 12, 2010 by Sarah 2 Comments

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For Drama Camp this year, we performed a play called The Capricious Pearls, about some robbers who hide a string of pearls in an abandoned house before going to jail. When they finally return, they find that the house is now an old ladies home, and that the owner of the home, thinking the owners of the pearls are dead, has sold all but five to take care of the ladies’ needs. The robbers take the pearls, but then return them in order to buy the women a garden, air conditioning, and other commodities.

I played Maude, a grumpy employee who mops the floors and serves tea.

Our Cast

Landon was also in this play, as the son of the owner of the home.

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Chicago-Part 2

Thursday, June 10, 2010 by Sarah 1 Comment

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We still had a whole afternoon of free time left after the museums, so we explored downtown Chicago on foot. I got a T-shirt, keychain, and a mug as souvenirs, and Landon made a purchase at a big Lego store (funny, that’s where he went in Downtown Disney in FL too). There was even an Apple store for Dad and specialty teas for Mom.

Landon and a Lego Darth Vader

The quiz bowl took place on Saturday, May 29, and even though we only won two out of ten games, it was a lot of fun.

I love our matching shirts. Each of us has a nickname on our backs. Mine is Degas (de-GAH) Dancer. Degas was a French artist who painted ballerinas, like these ones here we saw at the art institute:

After the Quiz Bowl, we put on a little cheer as a thank you the quiz bowl team coach, who holds lots of practice sessions to prepare for the quiz bowl.

He was very surprised.

On Sunday, we went exploring a little bit more before we went to Mass, and then from there to home.

Our hotel was in a suburb of Chicago called Rosemont, and the water tower was very pretty.

There was a dance supply store that had neat costumes on display. This is for Swan Lake.

The Church was really beautiful.

The Resurrection

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Chicago-Part 1

Sunday, June 6, 2010 by Sarah 1 Comment

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Our trip went very smoothly, and we had a great time. There was a lot of new things to see, and you almost spent more time looking upwards at the buildings than in front of you.

Downtown Chicago and Lake Michigan

Dad, Landon and I in front of the Willis (used to be Sears) Tower.

While we were there, we went to science, art, and history museums. The neatest thing at the science museum was this German U-boat captured in WWII:

The art institute was really nice also, and 70% of the paintings were religious.

Mary, Jesus, and their court of Virgin saints

The Annunciation

At the history museum, we saw precious stones, a large t-rex skeleton (discovered in South Dakota), and Egyptian mummies:

“Sue”

Carving of a Pharaoh from an Egyptian tomb.

Real Mummy

More pictures coming!

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