I made it!

I made it! I'm in Annie! I got the part of Rooster Hannigan! I can't wait!

Annie Auditions

Last night I went to audition for the Annie jr. production at my local theater guild. I think I did pretty well on the reading the lines part, but I didn't do so well on the singing. I didn't sing the rhythm quite right, and I ended on the wrong note. But, I think it went pretty well overall. I can't wait to hear whether or not I got in or called back!

Music Man

Today I went to see the play 'Music Man' that my classmate from co-op is in. I really enjoyed it, and the singing was great, as was the acting and dancing. I had also met the actress who played Miriam at church a few times, so I'm acquainted with her too. I think it's fun to see the difference between when someone acts in a play and how they are in real life. Watching the musical made me want to be in another play/musical. However, I just don't know how realistic it is, and I'm thinking I may have to choose between a play and basketball next school year, if I'm even going to be able to do either one. Oh well. 

Today I went ice skating with Rebekah and Katherine. Stephen drove us but didn't skate. Some friends from church and government class went too. I enjoyed it a lot, except for the fact that my feet and lower legs were really sore. However, they don't hurt anymore. There weren't very many people there, the people I knew outnumbered the people I didn't; which is nice, I don't like skating really slowly to avoid bumping into people.

Political Rally!

Today we went to a political rally in Dixon, IL. I drove the one-and-a-half hours there through pouring rain and dark skies during the first half of it, but the sun came out during the last forty-five minutes or so. Once we got into the town, I had difficulty navigating through narrow streets trying to find a place to park, so Dad took the wheel and parked the van after letting the rest of us (except Stephen, who went right to the rally) out at the library. When Dad came back, Anna went with him to get the diaper bag out of the van while the rest of us walked the few, short blocks to the riverside. Stephen met us about halfway there and exclaimed, "The Duggars are here!" Some of my siblings didn't believe him, but they were there all right! It was fun to look around and try to figure out who was a Duggar. Having watched the show, we were able to spot about half of them. I think some of the younger ones weren't there. The oldest Duggar, Josh, started the rally by recommending Santorum and saying that all his siblings were there. After that, a few other people spoke before Senator Rick Santorum was introduced.

He spoke for quite a while and frequently referenced Ronald Reagan, who apparently lived in Dixon when he was a child. He also said that we need families to restore the economy. Freedom was another common theme, along with the fact that if people follow moral laws we don't need to be restricted by additional laws. He said a lot of other stuff, but I don't remember much more.
      In my opinion the highlight of the trip was 'meeting' the Duggars. We pretty much just said, "Hi, we're the White's." However, I managed to shake a few of their hands, and we (well, Dad) took a picture of us together:

 Also, I'm wondering how many news stations/newspapers/websites we'll be on. We already saw the back of Julia's head when she was on Stephen's shoulders on CBS and one other station. Also, a photographer from the United Press International (similar to the Associated Press) took a picture of us in front of the Duggar's Van:

Here's the whole 'story'

Here's our picture of the above scene, taken by a friendly stranger:

I'm still surprised that Rebekah's camera took a nicer photo than the UPI guy. Well, that's all for now from the White House!

We lost today. However, I'm not terribly disappointed. I feel like I played a good game. I made two shots out of five. I also made at least one steal while #20 was dribbling. I'm not sure how many rebounds I got because I didn't look at the stats for that, but I think I got a few. I almost fouled out, though. I had four fouls going into the fourth quarter. In addition, today was the awards ceremony. Since our team had the worst record we went first. We didn't have any mvp awards or anything like that; everyone received a trophy. I'm hoping to be able to play basketball again next year.

Another Win!

I'm super excited because we won again! Yesterday we beat the Sixers 40-34. I was a little disappointed that we didn't beat them by more because they only had five of their players, but we didn't play as well as we could. However, I made two shots out of three, and had six rebounds and at least one steal. I'm really enjoying playing basketball. Tomorrow is our last game. The other team will have all their players there, and we haven't beaten them with all their players yet. Here's hoping that we win!