The Foerster Family

Not so bright, but very early, tomorrow morning we’re off to California for some much needed vacation. Our flight leaves at 6:30 — AM. Anyone who knows us probably knows that we are not exactly an early morning family. But, for special occasions like going to see Grandma and Grandpa and — oh, did I mention Cami’s sister Sarah is getting married? — we’ll make the sacrifice. :b

Assuming our flights are on time, we’ll be in hot, sunny California around noon. We’re coming guys! See you soon!

Darienne and Micah got their first taste of (live) musical theater tonight, seeing Disney’s High School Musical at North Shore Music Theater.

I picked up a couple pair of tickets right behind each other (most shows were sold out) and surprised the kids with them tonight. We got to the theater and Darienne started to see the High School Musical memorabilia, but still didn’t really know what we were doing. She pretty much figured it out when we handed our tickets over as we were walking into the “the-t-er”.

I sat with Darienne through the first half while Micah sat with Cami. They both loved it, and although Micah fell asleep near the end of Act II (the show started at 7:30 pm), Darienne’s eyes were glued to the stage the entire time. I looked over a few times and I’m not sure she even blinked…

(NSMT is our local regional theater — if you are in the area and haven’t been, go! The place is nothing short of phenomenal. It’s theater in-the-round, and they bring in Broadway quality talent — literally. I think every show we’ve been to has had actors who have gone on to act on Broadway, as well as actors who are taking a break from Broadway to come back. Quite a legacy.)

I’ll try to get a picture of the kids with Darienne in her HSM shirt and Micah in his hat posted soon. They’re darn cute.

Here we go! New host, new blog. So the next question is will we actually keep up with it? That’s the goal.

I’ve switched this site to a new host. Our old host wasn’t bad over the 5 or so years we were with them — just that when we would have a problem , it would sometimes take a few days to get straightened out, and the last problem we had — major email and website issues — never did get straightened out. So I figured it was time for a change.

To start things off, I felt a “freshening” was in order, so I’m using a new design, new blog software, and a new photo gallery. It’s far from done though. The design will still get some additional tweaking; and there aren’t any photos right now, except for the banners (you’ll notice a different one rotates in every so often). All in due time.