Hakuna Matata...

Not many people know this about me, but I love to sing (even though I am horrible at it). I often find myself singing a song I heard on the radio, making up words to a tune I know, or I am often referred to as Lavora (my grandma) because I will just start humming while walking down the cereal isle. When I was younger my parents bought tickets to see Phantom of the Opera when it came to Salt Lake City; ever since then I have loved Broadway. As a family we have tried to see as many shows as we can together; we have been blessed to see Phantom, Les Mis (2 or 3 times), Miss Saigon, Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Cats, and several others. It has been something we have always enjoyed doing together.

In 2008 we had heard Wicked was coming to town (Kacee & I both love the music to this show), however we were in Florida on a family vacation and were unable to obtain tickets. So, Kacee started to search to see what was coming next; one day she announced that The Lion King would be coming in 2010...quickly everyone in my family said "Oh that is a definite see!" Well, Kari and I had forgotten all about it because we knew we couldn't afford to attend the show.

Every Christmas my parents do family gifts amongst our individual gifts. On Christmas 2009 instead of a package to open, my dad handed each of us an envelope. When we opened it we saw tickets to...




We were so excited! Well, the day finally arrived this last weekend (Sept. 5, 2010) when we actually got to see the show. And I was NOT disappointed! It was incredible, all of the actor/actresses were so graceful, their voices were perfect, and the music was wonderful! My favorite part of the show was defiantly the voices of each person--they blew me away; but I also loved the cheetah (pictured below) she was the most graceful. I was very impressed at how humans could act out the mannerisms of animals!



I am so glad I got to enjoy this with my family and look forward to the next Broadway show we can attend!


Thanks for reading!!!