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Saturday was ASU Band Day. High school marching bands from all over the state perfom throughout the day. It's exciting to see them in such a huge stadium. Abby's band played early, 9:30, so we didn't stay the whole day, the boys would have drove me nuts! We did get to see Abby's band perform, which was great, they are doing a Cirque du Soleil themed show. AWESOME! I love watching them perform. The shows these high school kids present are truly amazing. How they manage not to run into each other as they are moving all over the field while playing their instruments is proof of all the practice time they put in.
Coming onto the field. The band is small, about 65 kids. Some of the larger schools have around 150-170 kids in their marching bands.
This is right before the performance. They get in these positions which are suppose to reflect the theme of Cirque du Soleil. So they're not stiff and at attention but relaxed like the Cirque du Soleil performers.
After the fun of the marching bands, dh, the boys and I went to the big downtown library where the boys rode the glass elevator and then we got some books. I was a bit disappointed because I wanted to get Kate Lyon's book Hopes Captive. There were two copies but both were nasty to the point that I didn't want to touch them. I'll get that one from Paperbackswap. I did get Hex in High Heels by Linda Wisdom and Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle.
Then it was time to eat a late lunch. The kids voted for Sonic but dh and I spotted TGI Friday's on the way so we used our veto powers and went there. I indulged and got a bacon cheeseburger which was delicious! Then it was on to the last stop, Party City - truly a shop of horrors since it was Saturday afternoon, the week before Halloween. A Madhouse! But we had success and got 8 year old son's costume. Nine year old son is going to be Link from the Zelda video games. Guess who's going to make the costume? Yep, me. And I don't sew so it should be interesting. LOL Thankfully I found a woman who made the Link costume for cosplay and posted detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to make everything. I'll make adjustments for my non-sewing self - Velcro and liquid stitch are my friends. :)Tomorrow (Monday) is my mom's 83rd birthday so my two nieces, one niece's boyfriend, my nephew, Auntie Fran and my family all went out to a breakfast buffet. Then over to mom's house to hang out for a while. It was fun and good to see everyone. This afternoon I actually took a nap. I'm not a good napper, I usually wake up more tired then before the nap, dh says I don't do it right. He should know, he's a championship napper. LOL
I read another Jill Shalvis - Double Play - very funny. I hope to get the review up this week. So how was everyone's weekend? Read any good books?
