We saw Les Mis!

Mike, Carter and I went to Les Miserables yesterday!!

 Since last March, we have been anticipating seeing the traveling Broadway production.  My sister, Emily, saw it in London when she lived there for a semester in college--almost 20 years ago.  She fell in love with it and spread the intersest.  My parents have seen it a few times.  Mike and I have been listening to the 25th Anniversary Edition on our iPod for several months.  In fact, our children know the words to several of the songs(we are a strange family. We listen to the soundtracks of classic Broadway musicals on roadtrips--Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera and such). Mike announced to us that if any tragedy struck the actor that plays Jean valjean, he had been practicing and was prepared to jump in to take over :)  Fyi, Mike has a beautiful voice and could probably do a bang up job.
 We made the show a combo birthday gift to ourselves and bought really nice tickets.  It was worth every penny.  We cried, clapped, laughed, and loved the whole show.  If you aren't familiar with the story, it is set in the 1800's in France and is a story about oppression and injustice, orphans and illness,adoption, grace, redemption, legalism, mercy, salvation, second chances, slavery, and honor.  Jean valjean(the hero) is my favorite.  When he sang "Bring Him Home", Mike, Carter, and I were on the edge of our seats about to burst. My sisters, Katy and Melody, and my mother were in the auditorium also.  They all were crying when the show was over and we met up in the foyer.  Melody was so moved by the story that when she was driving out of downtown, she went the wrong way down a one way street!  All this to say, go see it!  PS.  The movie is coming out Christmas Day and stars Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman.  Happy Christmas date to me