Its a WINTER WONDERLAND of TOUR LIFE

The weekend ended with a much tired Lauren, who was amazing and superseded any expectations people had.  She made it her own, and I wish I had that much talent at the ripe age of 19.  And i definitely don't look as good in that infamous bunny outfit.

We landed in Lansing to find a blanket of snow, and the bitter cold of winter biting through any layer of snow we were wearing. Tuesday, we had LBB's put in.  3 quick hours, which also included soundcheck, and we were ready to start.  NJJ called out, so LBB got to get a haircut from the scenery munching Mamie Parris. And LBB was amazing---having been thrown into the mix with a mere 3 days.  But, muscle memory is a great thing and she is hilarious!!!!!!! That night, after we had a post bow cheer en masse by the cast, we went to rock it out at BEGGARS BANQUET for our opening night party.  I caught a lil pic of the three Elle's. 

On wednesday, there was a huge press event at the ASPCA---with a bunch of adorable lil puppies.  Then, we got to go to the capitol building and get honored by the state government.  One of the state reps, TANYA SCHUITMACKER, is an old family friend.  So, Lauren, Kevin BeeBee, Spencer, Paul, and myself got a tour of the capitol---with its glass floors and antique furniture.  Then, we got a tour of the Governors private chamber---by her aide who also happened to be assistant to the pres of WMU at one time.  Then, we got certificates honoring our contribution to the arts on behalf of the state.   It was a glorious time!!!!!

Last night, we had ourselves another ROUND THE WORLD party.  The first room was NAM--which was hilarious being pelted by water guns and having to duck through a shredded trashbag jungle.  The second was JONESTOWN---with kool-aid and dead people abounding.  Then, we moved onto KEN LAND----literally a room with Ken Land's headshots scattering the walls and Stella and KEN nametags. Thats when the management came complaining of noise.  WHOOPS!!!!  And then the last room-----we will call it SUSTENANCE. It  was an art Gallery featuring the work of Jeff( whose name i cant remember). It was a photo montage of an experience of sadness by LESLIE. BPM walked around handing out sliced cukes and small pieces of jerky and saying SUSTENANCE, while Josh Walden thanked everyone for enjoying his work alongside Tally acting all SPROCKET like. There were white sheets hanging behind everything which resulted in one being pulled like a curtain and Leslie rocking back and forth and just saying SUBTERFUGE.  Once again the building manager came to complain, but got to figure out what exactly we were doing.  I was once again amazed at the artistic ideas of our family......and how crazy we are.  This resulted, in the end, to being convinced to go to the conference room to end the night while the manager on duty bought us all pizza. Thanks TOWN HOME SUITES!!!!!

Here is a bit of an update on the LBB/LAUREN shuffle---exact stuff tomorrow

This week: LBB is on except the SAT MAT and all day SUN.

St Louis Week 1: Its all Lauren and Rhiannon is coming back  

( LBB is judging Ms America in Vegas)

as for the rest..... i will update when i get specifics tonite~~!

Also, yesterday was Jerry Mitchells 21st birthday(well maybe 22nd). So, now that he is legally able to drink St Julian's wine in Paw Paw......why not send him a case!!!  Or, just go wish him a happy day!

( there would have been pictures but once again internet is slow and wont download them)