Leapin' lizards we had a great time! In February the girls and I took a trip to St. George. We had a fabulous time visiting with family, meeting the adorable addition to our family, playing with cousins, and auditioning for Annie.
The excuse that I used to justify the trip was for Keola's audition, but the real reason was that baby, of course! Boy does Maile make cute kids! C was still so little that it was like holding a newborn babe! We had a blast playing with Super Why and Missy Blastoff, although I think she's more of a Miss Hollywood! (She takes after KO for sure!)
After holding that baby for as long as I could, we trekked up to St. George to visit with Granny Smith and Grandpa Bob. As always, we had a fabulous visit with them...our only regret is that it was still February and the pool wasn't quite ready for swimmers yet, unless the swimmers sported wetsuits! KO even talked AJ into sticking her foot in the pool to test the water. AJ said that she thought her foot was going to fall off after that adventure...it was cold! I wonder though, if it was colder than our Pacific Ocean up here...probably not, which means the girls are total wimps for not jumping right in! (me, too!)
On to auditions... KO came prepared to knock the socks off of those Tuacahn people! Thanks to Granny Smith for helping her perfect her song and actions a little bit more, without her help we probably wouldn't have made it past that first audition. Keola "wowed" them and then was asked to come back and shake her groove thing in the dance callbacks. After scrubbing the orphanage floors in "It's a Hard Knock Life" they asked her to stay for an acting callback...I knew all those days scrubbing the kitchen floor would pay off! She went into the acting call very confident and came out feeling great!
But alas, the story does not end there...3 1/2 weeks later and we are still waiting for some kind of word about casting... We've made a phone call, done some google research, and found out that some of the kids were notified via email that they didn't make it. Is there still hope? We truly don't know.
What we do know is that KO had an amazing experience auditioning. There were SO many girls there and to make it through two callbacks was beyond amazing. So while our Sour Kangaroo may not play the role of Pepper, she still rocks in our eyes (and ears)!
