silly family..

just some funny photos of the webb kids..nathan is moving tomorrow to park city, utah, to manage the movie theater there. He will probably be there about a year..and then move to a bigger theater, but this is the training theater where you start out! He got the job offer on Friday..and he is all packed up! His fiance lexie is pretty sad..although she has a wedding to plan..( they are getting married June 28th, then she will move then to Utah. )

so we decided to take a few photos..but we had to be a little funny..first holding our 3 year old pictures..then our senior pictures( which my mother still has under the couch..unframed!! :)

what fun!

we will miss you tha-tha!!!

in memory of Tony Hudziak..

a very dear friend from my past theater life passed away this week. Tony Hudziak, who I first met in 1988, died on Wednesday. He was only 41 years old. Today, many of us celebrated his life at his memorial service in Longmont..and it was bittersweet and wonderful to see so many old friends! From left to right..Back row- ish...Scott Moore, owner of the Jesters Dinner Theater, Patrick Sawyer, a wonderful performer and singer who I first met doing Oklahoma at the Wayside Inn in 1988..He played Curly..and we went on to do many shows together..my favorite being "Baby" at the Carousel where we played husband and wife! Fred Rose, who just appeared in the Tony Award winning "Company", Chris Johnson, my bestest friend, Warren Sherril, owner of the Paragon Theater in Denver, Mark Johnson, a wonderful teacher and actor, Randy St. Pierre, an amazing performer who has done shows all over Colorado. Vandi , Sandra, and Nadine Holter, former owners of the Carousel Dinner Theater, Dan Pettit..a fireman here in Loveland who also did many shows with us, Nick Turner, owner of the Nonesuch and the new Candlelight Dinner Theater, then back to the front with Mary Lou Moore, co- owner of Jestrers, Me..you all know what I do, Susan St. Pierre, great performer from the Wayside, Camilla Johnson, faboo singer and dancer, and teacher! Melissa Swift Sawyer, the fabulous Patsy Cline from the Denver Center..Gina Schuh- Turner, actress and singer extrodinaire and co- owner of the Candlelight, Jenny Pettit..fantastic performer and teacher. As I type all this, I realize how talented a bunch of people we are..and how sad that it takes a death to bring us all together. The Wayside Inn would be celebrating it's 25th anniversary this year if it hadn't burned down..and who knows what great things could have happened there? It made me realize just how important it is to cherish the people in your life who love you , and who you love back.. Life is unpredictable and short..really. Tony was living in Longmont for the past 2 years..and none of us ever saw him. We will all regret that, always. I hope that this serves as a reminder to all of us to spend time while we can...and Tony..we will miss you.

some of my favorite photos...

okay..it is really snowy and cold, and I don't really have any interesting things to share...so I am just going to post some of my favorite photos..and tell you why and who they are.
sarah and jalyn- sarah is one of my BESTEST friends..she lives in San Antonio Texas. We worked for Steve at brighton together..and in this photo, we were training in California on the new computer systems..I have dark hair because I was playing Golde in Fiddler at the time..so we look like sisters!

Chris and Jalyn..we call this the engagement photo..taken from a high angle of course..and it is kind of obnoxious. But we were being goofy and having fun.. Chris and I have now known each other for 23 years. He is a great friend.

My two favorite acapella groups...eLeMeNO-P and Simplicated...both filled with the most wonderful, goofy crazy fantastic boys I have ever known. ( some of them are the same boys..just years later...)

and Bev and I- My aunt Bev is a photographer, and this photograph was her vision of our friendship and sister- ness. you can read about what she thinks about this image, and see her amazing photography at www.waldensphotography.com and click on beau visage..she is amazing!!!


enough for today...ta ta!!

friends..

i recently got to spend the evening with good friends Dan and Michelle Hoeye while I was in Fort Wayne at our National Sales Meeting. I can't believe how the kids have grown...Kylee,Taygen and Olivia are pictured here, Bella was asleep by the time I got around to taking pictures, so I didn't get any of her...

I also got to visit Dan at his office at Sweetwater..WOW~! It was incredible. Dan is the Director of Print Marketing for Sweetwater..he has an entire TEAM of people working for him..

it seems like just yesterday that Dan and Mike were working at the gas station, I was teaching at the academy and working at Jordan's, Chris was working at Maggies..(side note..I MISS MAGGIES!!I MISS ROSEMARY BREAD!!)
and we were driving and singing all around the west coast.....ahh..the good old days...

anyway..what fun to see their home, their beautiful kids..and laugh and tell stories of the old days. I learned that when Dan reads a certain Dr. Seuss book to his kids that has a character that sings really loud..he says "that's aunt Jalyn...she sings SO LONG AND LOUD!!" ...and then he imitates me.

so...of course we had a few minutes where the kids and I sang at the top of our lungs in the car.:)
what fun!!! Here is to good friends!!

update...and some photos..

well, i promised a few little shop photos...and here they are. The trio, my mom and her friends jody and doris with their heads in the plant,my parents and i with the plant. and then a cute photo of rachel and my nephew xander, who just turned 7. also, a photo of the entire webb clan minus amelia..this was before she was born!

so ...the udated part! I started my new job last week in Indiana for training..and i have to say, I think this is the greatest job and company!I love the product, and the people too..I think this is going to be a great year!

Little Shop opened, finally...and it really is a great show..the cast is really fantastic, and although tech week was really rough, a few people ( namely Seth, Joel and John) really stepped up to make this show come together. On Wednesday of last week, our plant puppeteer quit...2 days before we opened...we had a sub pianist ( who survived admirably, with only about a week's notice), and the plant was not complete...so....John Sosna, a great performer graciously agreed to puppeteer..and he has been fantastic. We finally got the set and plant done...and of course, the magic of theater came into play and we had a great opening.

We had reviewers come this weekend..so look for reviews in the Loveland and Fort Collins papers..hopefully they will be great!
My goals this week are to take down my tree and organize my house...let's see if I can get that done!

I also am looking forward to getting my samples and playing with all the new Vera Bradley product...stay tuned!

Little Shop of Horrors...1988 version!

In 1988, I was in a production of Little Shop my senior year of high school..with my very good friends...Keri, Sarah, Sean, Vale, Charity, Chris and Dave. We had so much fun...and since I am about to open in Little Shop...2008.. i thought it would be fun to post the first version photos...and next week i will post some from this one!

ah...memories!

christmas etc...with the webbs

christmas photos...of the webbs. the first is amy, my next in line sister and her 3 kids- tyler is almost 14, jake is 12 and katie is almost 9. next- all the webb girls and soon to be webb girls...amy, my mom lynda, jalyn in the back..and lexie ( nathan's new fiance), rachel, katie and baby amelia!

next. is a photo from Beauty and the Beast this summer..I just like it because...a.) I am a teapot. I love teapots, I collect teapots, and it is cool to be your favorite inanimate object.
b.) Scot ( gaston) is hot. He is a married father with 4 kids...but really good looking..and nice too...and the perfect Gaston. I just like being in a photo with him.

The tree is in my cute condo. My first tree that I have had since I moved back to Colorado..my first single person tree! My parents showed up one night in December- with a tree in a box..it had the lights on it and everything- and we set it up- I actually had enough ornaments! When I got divorced, I left everything in Kentucky except my clothes and shoes and music. ( Including ornaments..some even from childhood). 2 years ago some of my good friends had a surprise birthday party for me and everyone brought me ornaments..and this is the first time they have all been up! COOL!

Last..Amy, Rachel and I making our "DIVA" faces..my sisters always make fun of me and say that I pose like this... so now we always take a photo this way!


SO...my last day at Starbucks was yesterday! Yeah! I now have a week off before I go to Indiana for training..I am excited ! This is tech week for Little Shop- and I have never had a tech week that I wasn't working full time..so that will be awesome to have some time to really focus on the show. The show runs at the dinner theater in Greeley from Jan 11-March 2nd! Get your tickets...it is a great show!