The last part of April our ward had a talent show. I just can't hold back sometimes when it comes to talent shows. And sometimes, the best ideas don't always turn out on the stage the same way I see it in my head. Thus, the videos will stay protected on the family youtube channel until I can laugh and not hide in embarrassment.
However, Sydney was a shining star with her school jumpteam. I will show her video.
Now on to my couple of numbers.
My good friend, Diahan, had the brilliant idea to rework the words to Taylor Swift's song "22", to be "42". Genius idea. Then I thought it would be fun to turn it into a flashmob sort of thing with other women in the audience standing to dance with us on the last chorus. We put the word out, provided a video online for friends to learn the dance and we practiced and practiced and practiced until we drove our kids crazy. It turned out great but not quite video worthy. :)
It feels
like the perfect night, to dress up like the 80’s.
And make fun
of our wrinkles, ah ah, ah ah.
It feels
like a perfect night for breakfast for dinner.
To make
bedtime early , ah ah, ah ah.
Yeah,
We’re happy,
tired, wife, and mommy at the same time.
It’s
exhausting and magical, oh, yeah.
Tonight’s
the night when we forget about the laundry.
It’s time.
Uh oh!
It seems
like one of those night, This place is too crowded.
So many cool
kids, ah ah, ah ah.
It seems
like one of those nights,
We ditch the
whole scene and head to Kneaders
Instead of
cooking.
Yeah,
We’re happy,
tired, wife and mommy in the best way
It’s
exhausting and magical, oh, yeah
Tonight’s
the night when we forget about the dishes
It’s time
chorus I don’t
know about you
But I’m
feeling 42
Everything
will be alright
If you keep
me next to you
You don’t
know about me
But I’ll bet
you want to
Everything
will be alright
If we just
keep dancing like we’re
42
42
Here we are singing "Forty two-oo-oo-ooo."
And the final number. The finale of the show was a clogging routine performed by none other than Bishop Brown and his beautiful wife. The word got out that Sterling had taken a clogging class in college, to meet girls. He insists it was the only final exam he pulled an all-nighter for. So Ster suggested we clog for the talent show so that people would stop bugging him about this hidden talent. I readily agreed.
After all, our attempt at lip-syncing went rather well.
We tried song after song and Ster kept saying they were too fast. Finally we landed on "Love On Arrival" by Dan Seals. Just the right tempo to learn a simple clogging routine to. We practiced every night. By the night of the show, Sterling knew the routine so well, and his crazy awesome clogging skillz were so refined that he kept dancing ahead of the music. The entire performance I kept begging him to slow down!!!
And that's what happens folks, when a Bishop is still a Bishop after 5 years. He goes a little loopy and breaks out his mad clogging skillz in front of the ward. Name me one other man in the ward that would have the guts to clog on stage, in front of the ward, with his wife. I dare you. Name me one. I married a stallion. He continues to amaze me!!!!
