An Evening Out

Thursday night Mike and I were able to go see the musical WICKED. It was a lot of fun and I am glad (and a little sad) that my sister and her husband were still out of town so that we had to use their tickets for them so they wouldn't go to waste! (thanks Shelley)

So anyway we dropped off the girls at grandma's house for a sleep over then drove to Tempe and had dinner at a Mexican place called El Penasco on Mill that looked like a little hole in the wall when we drove up but was actually really good. Then over to Gammage and fought the crowds trying to find parking. In fact one of the cops that was directing traffic was Donivan Billingsly, a guy I went to high school with, it was random to see him standing there. We also saw Mike's cousin Laura and some people from our old ward when we were kids, it's funny how small the world is sometimes. Anyway you are supposed to be in your seats at least 15 min prior to the show starting and because of the traffic I was worried we weren't going to make it but we got there just as they were about to close the doors for the show to start, just in the nick of time! Anyway the show was very entertaining and Mike thought the Glinda character was hilarious! I think this run of the show is over for now but when they come back you should try and go it was worth it! Plus I got to wear my latest project to the show. I bought the pattern off the make it and love it blog for the Lilly Skirt. It is just a cotton skirt but the cute part is that the top is smocked, you know where they fabric is all gathered together and stretchy. So I learned how to do this and it was really easy to do, you just use elastic thread for the bobbin and it gathers it all up! Plus my favorite part is when you look at the skirt the waist is like 6 inches around but then when you put it on it fits perfectly around my huge belly and still has room to grow and not be tight or uncomfortable, how much better can it get! So anyway eventhough this isn't a very flattering picture, this is my new favorite skirt and I will probably be making a few more and if you want a skirt that will fit you not matter what stage of life you are in come on over and we'll whip one out!