"Over the Rainbow" by Bethany

Monday, August 3, 2009

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Bethany is eating, breathing and sleeping The Wizard of Oz these days. Tonight I finally caught a rendition of her singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on videotape. She sings this song (as well as the other Oz songs) several times a day as she runs through the house. Enjoy, and especially note the dramatic finish with the big hand gesture at the end (which she, not us, made up)! We happen to think she's the cutest little Dorothy we've ever seen.

"If I Were King" by Bethany

Okay, this is a rendition of the song the Lion sings in The Wizard of Oz, only this one is Bethany style! It's a little hard to understand, because she gets very enthusiastic in her interpretation. So below are the words so you can follow along somewhat. (She does skip around somewhat.)

If I were king of the forest
Not queen, not duke, not prince
My regal robes of the forest
Would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.

I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl
With a woof! And a woof! And a royal growl. (Woof!)
As I'd click my heel, all the trees would kneel,
And the mountains bow, and the bulls kow-tow
And the sparrow, would take wing!
If I, if I, were king!

(Yes, I typed that from memory. A thousand times of this will engraven the lyrics on anyone's mind.) Enjoy, and note the vibrato!

Is the Davis Conference Center Trying to Poison Us? You Decide.

Personally, I think there's more to that pink punch than meets the eye. But let me backtrack . . .

This last weekend, James and I had the great opportunity to go to the National Families Supporting Adoption Conference in Layton at the Davis Conference Center. We try to go every year--it's like EFY for adoption with tons of classes to choose from and just an all-around good time. And we did have a good time! It was great to see good friends and take some really great classes that will help us as parents. And the speaker, Troy Dunn, was just wonderful and inspiring. We laughed, we cried, we loved his whole speech, etc. etc. etc.

Now here's the kicker: both times we ate the food, we both got sick. Now, how does that happen unless one is part of a diabolical poisoning plot? Friday night, at the banquet, we ate and generally enjoyed the food (I say "generally" because we really aren't the gourmet type--keep in mind that James is from "Blanding" and that's how he describes his taste in food). Anyway, on the way home we're both just really feeling not so hot. But we make it through the evening and the next day, after a good night's rest, we feel great! So on Saturday, after our morning classes, we head to the luncheon. Now, the luncheon had the same salad they had served the night before, so we decide to skip that part and enjoy the new, totally non-recycled parts of the meal (which were tasty, I might add). And then, a couple of hours later, we feel sick again!

Now, I ask you: what is up with this? Is the Davis Conference Center trying to poison us by degrees, like Lehonti in the Book of Mormon? Did anyone else get sick? I know many of my FSA friends read my blog. Did any of you get sick? Does it all come down to the pink punch? I'm thinking that next year they should have a "pay for the conference excluding the meals" option. Then the rest of us can hightail it over to Cracker Barrell or at least find safety in a peanut butter sandwich.

That said, however, the conference was wonderful as usual! Another fun weekend over.