THE PIANO GUYS IN MOSCOW......SUCH A TREAT!

The performance hall

The Piano Guys in Moscow? Amazing, but yes......they put on a concert Monday night at the International Music Hall, one metro stop down from where we live. We were so excited when we heard they were coming to town and immediately bought tickets, along with 5 other couples. Four of the couples went to dinner at an Italian Restaurant before the performance and then walked to the music hall, anxiously awaiting the concert. It was pretty much a full house and a very enthusiastic crowd. They loved the few Russian words the Piano Guys interspersed into their dialogue but, mostly, the audience loved their music. The group has become popular, through their Youtube videos, even here in Russia.  When they would announce their next number, the audience would clap and cheer wildly. The language barrier was non existent because of the beautiful music they created. They were called back for three encores. On the second encore, John Schmidt mentioned that they had been afraid the people would not like their performance because they couldn't get their videos to work. The Piano Guys are such great musicians and showmen that their videos were not needed. On the third encore, John and Steve brought out the other two piano guys (one does the videos and the other writes a lot of the arrangements) so they could all play the piano using the piano strings, the piano keys, and the sides of the piano.  It was incredible. We came away from the evening feeling so happy and uplifted.  A marvelous evening.

The performance

The last of three curtain calls

The night before the performance (Sunday evening,) the Piano Guys came to the Central Building and put on a fireside.  It was so enjoyable. They played a few numbers but the best part was getting to know the four of them and feeling of their testimonies of the gospel.  They told us their story of how they came to be a group two years ago. It was obvious that they were brought together by God to bring a message of joy to the world through their musical creations.  

Most of the fireside was a question and answer format.

The young man at the mike is interpreting the Piano Guys answers for the audience.

Chicken Alfredo for lunch

Tuesday was another district meeting. We said good bye to two of our elders and our dear Sister Simmons as they would be transferred  the following day. Because of the schedule of the office elders, we met early at 11:00 am. We managed to get lunch ready by then and were thinking that with such an early start we would have most of the afternoon to get some things done. NOT! Right after district meeting, Elder Jewkes and Elder Friar asked if Dema could come over and watch some Mormon Messages. Dema has recently stopped coming to church and the elders wanted to help him feel the spirit again. They used Paul's computer in our office to show them and were there for a little over an hour, 2:45 to 4:00. During that time, they got a call from Evonne who wanted to meet with them so they asked if he could come to our home. Of course, we said yes. Dema stayed for that discussion which lasted till almost 6:00. So much for our afternoon to ourselves. We had served homemade Hostess cupcakes for dessert at lunch and had some left over. By the time everyone had left, very few of the original 32 were left.

The office elders brought packages for our sisters. 

It is amazing how much packages mean to our elders and sisters. 

Sister Hunter especially loved the homemade fudge she is holding.

It was a piece of fudge not bigger than the palm of her hand and cost

$12.00 to mail.  Expensive fudge but delicious.

We celebrated two birthdays with homemade Hostess cupcakes.

Elder Eliason brought his uke to

accompany our opening song.

Elder Davison is leaving our district.

So sad to see him leave.

We will miss Elder Jewkes (on the right) and Sister Simmons (next the Elder Jewkes)

Wednesday morning at 7:45, we opened our home to Elder Merrill to use our computer. He had to register for his classes at Utah State University at 8:00 Moscow time. Because they would be coming so early, we invited him and his companion, Elder Bugg, to join us for breakfast. It was Elder Bugg's last day in the mission field and we wanted to do something special for him. (He had served a couple of transfers in our district.) We served sourdough waffles with strawberries and whipped cream along with scrambled eggs. They went away full and happy. While we were cleaning up the dishes we got a call from Elder Naylor and Elder Caulderwood. They had traveled all night on the train from Voronezh and wanted to come to our apartment to use our shower to clean up. Of course, we said they could come right over. We were glad to see Elder Naylor one more time before he left for home the next day. (Elder Naylor is the grandson of a couple with whom we served in the Provo temple.) They brought a couple of friends with them and they all stayed at least an hour visiting. At 12:30, we attended transfer meeting. While there, we met the new elders and sister coming into our district, said our last good byes to our missionaries leaving the city, and enjoyed the testimonies of the two departing elders.  

Elder Naylor

Saying goodbye to Sister Simmons (right)

and hello to Sister Taylor (left)

After transfer meeting, we came home to another discussion with Piero who should be baptized on the 27th. We were a little distraught with the elders as they came totally unprepared with no lesson planned.  We ended up watching a video about Christ after Paul got on Elder Merrill's case a little....in private, of course.  Our day was capped off with English group...always a fun evening with our Russian friends.

Our board display

Because we are between semesters in Pathway, we didn't have an Institute class nor a Pathway gathering. We did, though, teach a lesson for our senior council. We usually have to leave early from those meetings each Thursday to teach institute so when the leader of our senior council found out we had a night off, he invited us to be the speakers.  We decided to have the council meet up in our institute room and presented the lesson we had taught to our students the previous week.  It was on missionary work and, with a little adaptation, it was perfect for these senior missionaries. Hopefully we all went away a little more committed to being more bold while here in Moscow.  We had them take some PRIGS (handouts about the church) with them so they would have them available to hand out when prompted.

Friday, we did more then talk the talk.  We walked the walk....we handed out our first English prig on the metro. I was sitting next to a young man who was reading a book. I just happened to notice that it was an English language book and he was studying it intently. Just before our metro stop, I handed him an English prig and mentioned that this would tell him about where he could practice his English.  He took the handout and put it in his book when he got off the metro. Maybe we'll see him on Wednesday.

Korina, in the red sweater, and her friends.

That afternoon Isaac, our seminary student, came over for our weekly lesson and then, later that evening, we attended our weekly game night in the institute room. There were more people there than usual as it was a kind of going away get together for Korina, who was leaving to go back to live in Ukraine.  She lost her work visa so she is going back home to her parents. We will miss her.

We finally completed this most difficult puzzle.

It was of Salt Lake City.

One of our favorite young singles, Masha, stayed around until it

 was finished. She is a puzzle whiz.

The first sign of Spring...yeah!

Spring is finally here....we even saw green on the trees this week. Saturday was such a beautiful day that after studying most of the morning, we went for a walk.  We decided to walk down to the next metro stop and check out the office supply store for magnet strips. We were unsuccessful finding what we were looking for but the long walk was invigorating. Along the way, we passed several Russian Orthodox churches and watched many people going into them to worship.  Even after all those years, when religion was banned under communism, these Russians still are a religious people.... especially on Easter.

Christ in the Garden 

Saturday evening, we attended the performance of the musical, The Garden, by Michael McClain. It was put on by a few members of our stake, with one of our young single adults in charge of the whole production. Several of our young singles were in the cast. It was beautifully done. We know for sure that two of the singers are professional singers and one other might be. We had listened to the English version of the music during the day so we knew what each song was about even though it was performed in Russian. The musical's message of Christ's healing power was so meaningful.....an incredible way to help us remember the importance of this Easter season and to feel the Easter spirit.

The whole cast

The eggs, the bell, and the bread

And then there was Easter Sunday....a day full of lots of love. After Sacrament meeting, our dear friend, Lada came bearing more gifts,again. (She had given us the ceramic bear last week.) This time she gave us an Easter bell, a special Russian traditional Easter bread, and a carton of onion dyed Easter eggs.  Each of these have an important meaning to Russians.  First the bells.....The many churches here ring their bells often but never have we heard so many as on Easter, starting at 12:20 am. Thank goodness for our white noise machine to help us sleep.  As for the bread....for about a week now, we have noticed tables of a bread type product set up along the streets. We wondered what they were selling and found out Sunday that it was a holy bread. Actually, it isn't holy until you buy it and take into the church so the Priest can sprinkle holy water over it and bless it. Then it is taken home and eaten as part of their Easter meal. We were warned that it didn't taste especially good. One person said it tasted like card board and another said it was like a real weak and very dry raisin bread.  When we tasted ours the next day, we decided it wasn't as bad as people has said, in fact, when we heated it in the microwave it wasn't half bad. Interestingly, the next day, we were given another loaf by some sisters who came over to email home. That particular one was not good at all. Now for the eggs. It is an old Russian tradition to dye eggs in boiled red onion skins. You boil the skins in water for several minutes. Once you let that mixture cool, you place the eggs into it and simmer it all for an hour or so. After the eggs are cooled and oiled, they look like bronze eggs....rather pretty.

The second loaf of bread given to us the next day.

We fed part of it to the pigeons and threw the rest away.

Later Sunday afternoon we traveled the hour on the metro to go to dinner at the Pierson's apartment. They had friends visiting from Arkansas and wanted us to meet them. The ham dinner was delicious and we thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the Toblers....hence the candy bars, for dessert.

LIFE IN RUSSIA SPOTLIGHT

We are amazed how much brighter our attitudes are with warmer weather, green showing on the trees, and longer periods of light. As was mentioned, spring has sprung and the weather has been gorgeous...shirt sleeve weather even though many Russians are still donning their coats and scarves. As for the light...it is now light before 6 in the morning and stays light until about 9 at night. The days will continue to get longer for a few more months.  We love the light and the warmth.

Noticed this in the morning

By late afternoon it looked like this

Just outside our kitchen window we can see, what we think is, an art studio. They are always having exhibitions there and we often see people outside welding pieces of art. Well, Saturday, this art piece (?) caught our eye.  We watched it's progress all day long and, even when we passed it on our way to the church, we couldn't figure out what it was going to be.  We did notice wire forms being covered in what looks like paper mache off to the side of the building so we are thinking these may be going to be used on some sort of float for the May 1st holiday. Only a guess.

On our way to see the Piano Guys, we passed this bench and couldn't resist taking a picture of it. 

We couldn't get anyone of our party to also sit on the bench.

That would have made a much better picture.

THAT'S IT FOR THE WEEK.

A WEEK OF PAIRS - 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 and 1 with 2

It seems that things came in twos this week....2 pizza parties, 2 days with our missionaries, 2 missionary opportunities, 2 lessons taught, 2 days of conference, and 1 Russian folk dance performance with 2 amazing acts.  Let us explain.....

On Monday, the missionaries were given permission to have a pizza party in celebration of a goal met and exceeded. Two hundred rubles were put on their expense cards so they could buy pizza as a district and have a 2 to 3 hours get together. The goal they met and exceeded......member present discussions. The target was 104 in a week. The total in one week was 175. Quite amazing! (The new goal is now 200.) Our district met at our home on Monday afternoon, visited, played a game, and ate pizza. It was a nice break for them. Of course, they were back at work by 6:00, the end of their preparation day.

Elder Friar wearing

pajama bottoms because he

 needed his suit pants sewn up

in several places.

Elder Knight, one of our

cowboys, was delighted

to finally get his lasso.

Our district playing a game

The second pizza party was in conjunction with the semester end of Institute and Pathway. We ordered 7 large pizzas and brought vegetables and dip, pop and juice, 2 cookie pizzas, and a cinnamon roll cake. It was all gone before the night was over. We now have a week break before the new semester begins again.

The two days with our missionaries were the pizza party on Monday, and a lunch on Tuesday. Because of a zone training on Tuesday, there were no district meetings scheduled. Knowing our elders and sisters would need lunch after the training, we made a big pot of chili and invited them over for chili on chips with all the trimmings like cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream and guacamole. They really appreciated not having the buy something at the local grocery store for lunch....and, of course, we loved having them in our home two days in a row.




The two missionary opportunities came on Wednesday.  In the morning, we had the privilege of meeting with Michael.  He is a young man whom we met with several week ago and were so impressed with his spirit.  The elders have tried several times to bring him back to our home since that time but had been unsuccessful.  Well, Wednesday it finally happened and we learned he has set a baptismal date. We were so excited for him. The lesson was on the Word of Wisdom and we both had an opportunity to express our testimony of and our gratitude for this law of health. 

Later that afternoon, we went to Shake Shack for lunch. We were craving one of their great hamburgers but we also wanted to deliver an English Group announcement to one of the employees there. Several weeks ago this employee had expressed interest in learning English. Sasha was with us that time and gave him the telephone number of the elders in our district so they could tell him about English group. That was the last week of English for a month and we wanted to let him know that English group was starting again that night. After we showed him the picture we had taken of him and Sasha, he remembered the conversation...at least we think he did. Not knowing Russian made it a little difficult to communicate, but at least the announcement was in Russian. Just trying to do our part.

Paul's second semester math class students

On Thursday, because it was the last Pathway gathering for the semester, we each taught the lesson for our individual class. The lessons were a review of the semester's learning and a discussion about the impact the class has had on the student's lives. Of course, we also had to teach the Institute class that precedes the Pathway gathering .....hence the two lessons taught this week. Our Institute lesson covered the missionary efforts of Ammon and Aaron.  We had one of the students come up and read a personalized mission call to go with Ammon among the Lamanites. It described the dangers they would face, what they could take, and when to report to Ammon.  It was quite effective to introduce the subject. We then discussed the good missionary principles practiced by Ammon and Aaron and applied them to our lives today. It was an effective lesson.

Shirley's first semester life skills class

Two of our favorite Russians sisters who listened

to conference with us.  Lada, on the left, is a new 

convert.  Sasha, on the right, served a mission here

 in Moscow and now lives here. 

She was the first missionary to teach Lada.

And then there were two marvelous days of General Conference, Saturday and Sunday. Here in Moscow, the conference broadcasts are delayed a week so a Russian translation can be completed and sent here. While the Russian version was shown in the chapel, we showed the conference sessions in English upstairs in the Institute room. There is nothing better than watching conference with a room full of elders and sisters. The conference addresses were so uplifting and inspiring. We came away from these two days determined to try to be more like our Savior and to rely on His atonement more completely.  

The elders and sisters eating lunch between sessions.

Between sessions we got lots of help on our puzzle.

The theater

Tuesday night was the Russian folk dance performance to which seven couples went. We met at a Starlight diner, close by the theater, for dinner and then went to the performance. It was delightful..... two acts of beautiful costumes, amazing choreography, and unbelievable talent. The first act was all Russian type folk dancing while the second act had a more international flair to it.  We noticed two interesting traditions during the performance. One tradition had to do with how the audience claps. After a dance the audience claps in rhythm, begging for more. The other tradition involves flowers. At the end of some of the dances, especially the ones that spotlighted solo dancers, people from the audience would come down to the front of the stage and present flowers to their favorite dancers as they took their bows. It was a wonderful evening. Paul liked this dance performance much better than the ballet.

The finale

One other thing from this week is worthy of mention.  Friday we went to Metropolis Mall for a lunch at Wendy's again.  As we came out of the metro, we saw these people with yellow plastic floor length sack over them. They were handing out yellow sale brochures for Stockman's, the big department store in the mall. As we were walking we noticed everyone coming from the mall was carrying yellow sacks. When we got to Stockman's we realized that this was a big sale, called crazy days. It was crazy, for sure, with massive crowds, and boxes and boxes of merchandise in the middle of the aisles in the store. We decided to go in and check out the prices, anyway. We found Dr. Pepper for about a dollar a can. (We've seen it as high as 3 dollars per can.) Their yellow cheddar cheese (hard to find in most stores) was a better price, too. Their Campbell's tomato soup was only $2.50 a can instead of $3.00. It was crazy but worth the hassle.

All the yellow sacks

The stock in the aisles

We joined the crowds carrying our yellow bags.

Our purchases -

even American mayonnaise.

Saturday after the last session of conference, two sets of elders asked if they could come to our home to use our computers. (Wow, there's another 2.) Elder Merrill needed to email a professor about a class he wants to take at Utah State this Fall. The North zone leaders wanted to use skype to hold a zone training with a district in an outlying area. We had 2 elders in the living using one computer for their meeting and 2 elders in our office using the other computer.  Our apartment is a busy place....and we love it.  Luckily I baked banana cookies on Friday so I had some sweet treats to offer them.  

Elders skyping their zone training

And that's our week of pairs.

LIVING IN RUSSIA SPOTLIGHT

When we went to Shake Shack we noticed something very interesting.  Their restroom was a coed one. It wasn't where you go in and lock the entry door while you are using it.  When you go in the door to this restroom there are three stalls and one sink for all to use together.  A little strange we thought. 

It is Spring and we are again noticing something we had forgotten about in the winter - the goobers (gobs of spit) on the sidewalks. It seems that it is acceptable to just spit on the sidewalks when you feel the need. In the winter they weren't noticeable because of the snow or because they would freeze. They are very noticeable now. We watch our steps closely.

Russians know how to show love once you become their friend.  Lada is a dear friend and Saturday, after the conference sessions, she presented Paul and me with this gift. It is a ceramic bear - significant for two reasons. (1) It was manufactured at the oldest ceramic factory in Russia. (2)The bear is a kind of national symbol of Russia signifying power and strength, a sleeping giant. We will put it in a special place in our home to remind us of Russia and a dear friend who lives there.

ANOTHER WEEK OF GREAT MEMORIES

A WEEK OF SIMPLE JOYS

Little things come to mean so much when you are in Russia on a mission.  This week it was those little things that have touched our lives.  

Monday, a young boy helped Paul lift our heavy bob cart up a flight of stairs in the metro station. Paul had just started slowly rolling the cart up, stair by stair, when this boy picked up the bottom of the cart and helped lift it to the top of the stairs. So thoughtful....and it sure made it easier for Paul.  He dreads pulling the bob cart up those stairs every week after our Monday shopping trips.

On Wednesday, we got word that a package had come into the mission office for us from home.  Packages are always a joy even when we know exactly what is in them. This one contained some much needed body wash.  I had been out for a couple of weeks and my skin had been driving me crazy. Happiness is not having itchy skin. We found great joy, also, in receiving more chocolate chips, onion powder, and ranch dressing mix.....and a movie. Those simple things mean a lot when you can't get them here.

An interesting thing happened on Friday.  We were sitting on the metro train talking and laughing with each other when a young girl, who had been sitting across from us, stood up and started saying something to me in Russia. I asked her if she spoke English and, much to my surprise, she started speaking in English. She told me that my necklace was pretty and that my eyes twinkled.  She commented on my smile and told me I was beautiful. She didn't have to so that, but she did, and it sure made my day.

You can see how closely the word hymn in

Russian resembles the English word.

On Sunday, just before church started, a young boy brought us a hymn book. We said 'spaseeba' (thank you) and took the book.  It wasn't until we went to open it to sing the opening song that we recognized how really thoughtful this little boy had been. He had brought us an English hymn book, not a Russian one, so we could sing the songs in our own language. This little boy's simple gesture brought joy to our hearts.

The three piece band we often see outside our metro station.

Each day this week, our steps have been made a little lighter as we have walked home from the metro because of this group of men playing their drums, key board, and guitar. Another little thing that adds joy to our lives. We need to bring some money to give to them one of these days.

And lastly.....marshmallows. We found marshmallows once again at Stockman's. They have not had them on their shelves for several months. Oh, the joy of little things.  






Other happenings of the week included another missionary discussion with the International Ward elders and Piero.  Of course, Raymond's wife came to translate so her little two boys came with her again.  Seth, the older boy, wouldn't sit still so I found some markers in our office and sat him down in the kitchen to color on some paper.  That kept him happy for several minutes as he colored and munched on some potato chips we had in our cupboard. When he was done he had to put his pictures up on our refrigerator with our magnets.  He was pretty proud of his creations. We are glad the elders bring someone to translate for them, but these little boys don't add much to the spirit of the discussion. We sent Piero home with a sack lunch as he is still homeless and often goes without food.  Since this meeting we have learned that Peiro's baptismal date has been slipped back a couple of weeks to give him time to find a job and get his life somewhat settled.  Hopefully that will happen soon.

Some of Seth's pictures

Tuesday was another discussion with Evonne.  Paul sat in on that one as I was in the kitchen preparing for our district lunch.  The discussion was on the proper authority and baptism.  Paul added to the discussion by helping Evonne understand why it is so important to be baptized by one who has the authority from God to baptize.  

Lunch was sweet and sour pork....pretty labor intensive but very yummy. (I had fixed this for Paul last Sunday. He had loved it and wanted our district to try it.)  Everyone had seconds leaving just enough for us to have another meal during the week. After lunch, we got a kick out of Elder Jewkes. He was so stoked about him and his companion being able to go to an outlying city this weekend. They were going to help a family work their cattle ranch and to teach them how to hold sacrament meeting in their home. This family is the only members in that area. Elder Jewkes is a cowboy at heart and couldn't wait to get out and do some ranch chores. Elder Knight, also a cowboy, gave him a Russian ranch/farm dictionary and Elder Jewkes was so excited to study it so he would know the 'cowboy' terms so he could converse with this family about their ranch. 

It was Elder Knight's birthday so we

put a candle in his piece of cake.

Wednesday, after our return from the mission office to get our package, we attended the sign up night for English group.  We went upstairs to see what the elders needed us to do and were immediately put in charge of entertaining those who came into our room.  We had to fill about 45 minutes. Thank goodness for Paul's love of idioms. He kept them involved trying to guess their meanings. We, then, played a get to know you game using squares of toilet paper. Each person took an amount of toilet paper and then had to tell one thing about themselves for each square they had taken.  It was a fun way to learn about our Russian friends. I had given Paul 7 squares so he had to come up with seven things about himself. As always, he had the group laughing and enjoying his comments.

On the first Thursday of each month we have a skype session with other CES couples from the East European area.  A CES coordinator from Ukraine gives us some training and we share thoughts and ideas with each other.  It will be a good thing if we can ever get the technology to work.  This month the sound kept going in and out so our discussions were interrupted many times.  

Dressed for our skype session?????

Missionary attire on the top half anyway.  

Later that evening, we taught our Institute lesson which was on the Plan of Salvation. We had spent most of the week preparing, as we usually do, and felt the lesson went pretty well. We concluded it with a video of the family whose mother, brother and sister were killed in an automobile accident on Christmas eve a few years ago in Utah. The father and his son talked about the accident and bore testimony about eternal families and God's plan for us to return to Him. It was a touching way to help the students apply the lesson of the Plan of Salvation.

An object lesson during the spiritual thought

Our monthly YSA night was held on Friday.  It started out rather slow and we were worried, at first, about how it would turn out.  In the end, over 30 people showed up and all had a good time. There was a spiritual thought, a game, and refreshments. Everyone then stayed around visiting and doing various activities for the rest of the evening. It was a great success after all.

A group playing a game

Another game: The object was to try and snatch

the papers off the person who was blindfolded

without him touching you.

Saturday brought a wonderful missionary discussion with two sisters, Sisters King and Nielson.  Their investigator's name was Mila.  She is here with her husband and two of her children from the Philippine Islands. They have been here 7 years.  They left their two oldest boys at home with their grandmother and see them, maybe, once a year when they return home for a vacation.  Mila loves God and Jesus Christ and is committed to follow them. The discussion went wonderfully well as the Book of Mormon was introduced to Mila. We all testified about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and how it is another testament of Jesus Christ. Mila said she would read the book and pray about it. We were glad we had been apart of that discussion. 

Inside the Mega Mall

As soon as the discussion ended, we quickly changed our clothes, jumped on the metro, and rode to the end of the green line.  We met the Hayes there so we could all go up to IKEA. The Hayes had never been to IKEA and we needed a new bath mat for our bathroom. We found it and towels to match, a small griddle, a lint remover, and two small juice pitchers.  Afterwards we walked over to the Mega Mall to find somewhere to have dinner. We ended up at TGI Friday's and had a good meal. The interesting thing about meals in Russia is that you never know if you will all get your food at the same time. We got our meals piecemeal.....my soup and Clarine's chicken cassadias came first, then my barbecue chicken salad. Paul's meal came along later with Dennis' appetizer. Finally, after we had all eaten, Dennis's main course was brought to the table. It was a good thing we weren't in a hurry.  Afterward we felt very lucky to get on a bus to take us back to the metro as there were lots of people trying to board buses to get home.  A rewarding day.

Our purchases...a new look for our bathroom 

LIVING IN RUSSIA SPOTLIGHT

While riding the metro, there are many times that people walk down the aisle asking for money. Some are crippled and some show a picture of a child who is in the hospital.  We have heard someone singing for money while on the train.  Three times last week we had someone playing an accordion. By the third one of the week, I had to snap a picture.

While at the Mega Mall, we noticed a big crowd of people on the main floor watching a giant screen. We think we finally figured out that they were watching a giant video game being played by two teams of players.  The people were really into what was happening and were cheering their favorite teams, having a wonderful time.  We don't know if this happens all the time or if this was a special kind of gathering, but it was interesting to watch.

Notice the broken chair on the roof.

We took this picture on Sunday just outside our apartment on our way to church. We can only imagine what it would be like if the garbage men went on strike around here.  It will be interesting to see when this is all picked up.

WE PASSED OUR HALFWAY MARK THIS WEEK!

HOW COULD THAT BE POSSIBLE?

MUST BE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN.