Twas the night before Christmas 2017

Wren and I are spending Christmas in Jamaica!
Here's a lil' holiday poem in celebration!

Twas the night before Christmas

and i feel like a grouch

the internet stinks

it only works from the couch

The owners are great

at our air b and b house

but the dogs are too chatty

and there's too cheeky a mouse

This morning we dined

on fresh fruit from the land

mango starfruit smoothies

tropics in the palm of my hand

We juggled for our hosts

and gave their dogs a snuggle

then ate some top ramen

and finished a crossword puzzle

Then off to adventure

an inexpensive one to boot

we swam and touched a waterfall

and the locals there were a hoot

A jaunt to Ocho Rios

in a van packed to the gills

an ex-race-car-driver i imagine

is careening us through winedy hills

We take just a peek in Margaritaville

but it was fast food we finally downed

then continued our favoirte pasttime

of finding local coins on the ground

Home again for our last night

after our warm dark evening stroll

tomorrow we're off to a new town

Negril is our destined goal

But for now we'll snuggle in and listen

to the crickets and distant raggae beats

while counting our Christmas blessings

and dreaming of Jamaican Jerk meats.

So here's to a joyful holiday

full of love, celebration, and cheer

All the best from us, Wren and Della

And a happy 2018 new year.

Sh'Bang 2017

This Sh'Bang was another lucky year that Dad was there! He brought homemade booze and fed us hot-cakes and sausage every morning. What a guy!

The Aquatic circus show... that's Sadye and me as the Blue Ballerinas.

Wren and I did our juggling act, we added spitting water, which Wren is surprisingly good at, to keep with the water theme.

 Wren always helping me carry things.

Our friend Britt during Sh'Build.

 The cast of "Who Killed Wannabe Joe".

 I just found out the name of the show.

 And I'm Wannabe Joe.

 I tried to hide and pretend to be a tree to get away. It didn't work. I was killed 12 times over two days and three shows.

 The Big Circus Show. Wren performed his cigar box routine. This is the pre-finale, with Sadye as a hot dog. There were many great puns and religious references, all hilarious.

 Here's a link to a video of Sh'Bang by Karla Mi Lugo

Jule's birthday surprise

Jule's Surprise Birthday party! Jule's wife Katy planned for months, getting tons of Jule's friends on board for the big surprise.

Wren and I drove to Spokane with Robyn the day before the party to help out. Like Wren building a fire-pit for the party.

I made these buttons for the event.

There was cake...

And an entire pig!

 We also juggled while Robyn (Jule and Wren's dad) played accordion.

 There were literally truckloads of kids.

Katy did a spectacular job of keeping it all a surprise. And what a grand surprise it was. And all at their amazing cabin in Spokane.

Unclear in this otherwise amazing photo, is an awesome coozie made by Katie for the celebration as well. Cheers to birthdays, surprises, and gorgeous lake cabins in the woods.

Mom and Dad's 44th Anniversary

This year mom and dad decided to celebrate their 44th Anniversary by staying at the Lummi (Dad's an official "card-holder" now) casino hotel, and coming to Vaudevillingham.

Sadye and I sang her hot dog song, with a few added lines to help celebrate their 44 year anniversary.

This was their reaction, captured by the talented Thaddeus Hink.

Priceless. I love these two!

Moisture Festival 7th Annual

My 7th annual performance of the Chair Dance at Moisture Festival

This year, I shared a stage with... 

Al Simmons

Amy G

Camille Swift

Godfrey Daniels

Jason Victor Serinus who gave me this quotable "compliment" to go with my collection: "You are the funniest female I have ever met, second only to my dog."

Jason Webley

NANDA

Randy Cabral

Tempo Turn

Naked Truth
-The Nights Band

Ron W. Bailey& Caela Bailey

I love this festival. I sure hope they have me again for my 8th annual time. =)

My Circus Valentine 2017

This year, Wren and I created a ball juggling routine set to music and rhyming lyrics we wrote about love. It included me in tear-away pajamas, and Wren doing solo amazing ball juggling, ending with us ball juggling together.

I performed my Hands of Time act, having adjusted it to fit the theme of Love.

This amazingly talented and hilarious guy was in our show...Ezra.

Mom and dad were there, but we never mad it into the photobooth together, but Wren's mom did with her lady-posse!

The aerialist ladies also made it in...

The beginning our Sadye's and my love of being Hot Dogs is captured here.

 Anneka and Dream and I were lucky enough to get a photo with Lucas Hicks and his wonderful mom, Glenna.

 Somehow, the entire cast made it into the photobooth!
(Laura, Jules, Terril, Jess, Daniel, Sam, Dream, Jill, Esther, me, Wren, Sadye, Anneka, PJ, Don, Chipp, Heidi, Lara)

 Thanks to Jeff Lefferts and Lindsey for making the photobooth happen every year. We love it!

To see previous Valentine's day photobooths, check out Jeff's Flicker site!