Book of Mormon Musical

June 19, 2011Jenny Marie Hatch Leave a comment

Click on the image to read the online version of The Book of Mormon

As a Faithful Mormon and a lover of Musical Theatre, I have followed this story with great interest the past few months.

I don’t know that I can credibly critique a show that I have yet to see, but two friends who are both LDS who have seen it said: “But Cornett was “pleasantly surprised that the writers’ usual middle-school-grade crudeness was virtually absent.” and “Everything you have heard is true. But worse.“…

I trust both of my friends opinions.

I am for artistic freedom and completely endorse the idea of free speech through any medium, even when that speech mocks what is most sacred in my life. As I listened to this song from the show performed on the Tony Awards last night, I had to nod in agreement with just about everything that was articulated in the lyrics. I do believe with every particle of my being that Jesus is the Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is his Kingdom on the Earth.

Road trip w/ Jeff and Andy

June 19, 2011Jenny Marie Hatch Leave a comment

A couple weeks ago Jeff and Andy started making noise about wanting to take a road trip to California. Paul and I talked it over and we told the boys that they could take the trip, but two conditions had to be met first:

1. They had to take the trip north to Montana

2. Mom had to be sitting in the back seat

We had a great time traveling to Jackson Wyoming and then up to West Yellowstone Montana, hitting the Rexburg Temple, BYU Idaho, the Playmill Theatre (Where I was an actor the summer of 1987), and most of the west side of Yellowstone Park in the process.

It was a great time with my two boys and I am so glad we said yes. I truly tried to stay a fly on the wall as Jeff did most of the driving and I just offered little bits of Motherly advice….like, “Hey Boys, A blizzard is blowing outside the tent and we have no source of heat…maybe we should bail and find a motel room.”

As I tried to get warm the third night of our trip with a blizzard blowing and ice caking on the inside of the tent walls I had the thought that I could wake up to 2 dead teenagers in the morning.

So that night we stayed at the Best Western in West Yellowstone and then upgraded from the tent site to a cabin at the KOA. It was a once in a lifetime trip that I will never forget. I made a short You Tube Video hosted below and all of the photos and video are hosted at One True Media.

Jenny Hatch

Click to watch: Trip to Yellowstone, Complete Movie at One True Media

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Back in the Saddle

June 19, 2011Jenny Marie Hatch Leave a comment

I’ve done this blogging break thing for just about every year that I have been writing since 2005. It is always a good time to retrench, evaluate, and really consider if this is a project I should spend quality time on.

It takes me three weeks to decompress and decide if I want to continue on once I stop.

Generally I go back and forth trying to decide and am always sorely tempted to delete every word I have ever written on the web, and just move on with my life.

But I feel rested and ready to jump back into the digital pool…

Jenny Hatch