Finally-----Some of the Videos Uploaded

The violin/viola/flute students play Old MacDonald together.


Ping Pong Polka---Intermediate & Advanced Students


MacDowell's Breakdown---violin/viola trio

Spring Recital 2009

Well.....my 11th. Annual Spring Recital was last night. This year's theme was Musicians on the Red Carpet. I had a 60 foot red carpet for all the students to walk down at the beginning while I played Across the Stars. I neglected to take a picture of the front of the church with the red carpet, decorations, etc. I'm hoping that another parent took one that I can get a copy of. All in all, the Recital turned out great! There were a couple hairy moments (Such as when I was playing the processional song with a soundtrack in the complete dark and didn't have it memorized!!!! Yikes!!! Somehow I made it through that first page of music. Believe me....I was panicking and praying at the same time. One of my students did NOT bring her music. She thought I was going to bring it!!! Fortunately I found this out BEFORE the Recital started and her dad went home and got her music for her. Multiple students forgot their music stands. Therefore we all had to SQUEEZE around 6 music stands for the group songs.) All the students did a wonderful job, and I am so proud of them. I'm also very glad it's all over until next year. I do need to start working on the Summer Music Contests & selecting duet/ensemble music for everyone to learn for the Fall Recital at the nursing home. But, I'll worry about that next week. Right now, I am taking a little breather! :)

Here are some pictures of the Recital. As soon as AT&T gets their act together and sends me a router that's not defective, I'll get the videos uploaded for you all to see. The supposedly new one they just sent keeps knocking us off the Internet multiple times each hour. (I called them this morning, and they're OVERNIGHTING one to us!!!) Intermittent Internet connection is NOT a good thing when you're trying to upload videos!!!!

A shot of me....piano/flute/violin/viola teacher accompanying one of my students.

Sorry Tina.....I just had to include this picture. Duane was so proud of himself with this shot.

Can you tell Samuel is just absolutely thrilled to be at Mommy's Spring Recital. I asked him if he liked the music. His reply, "I liked the Old MacDonald and the Darth Vader Song" (someone played the Star Wars Theme & Samuel insists that is the Darth Vader song) :)

Callie----during the Recital.

Students with Perfect Attendance. Just 12 of them this year.

Duane took two pictures to get all my students in. I didn't take the extra time and get an organized shot this year. But, here they all are..........

It's cookie & punch time..........

My niece, Lauren, along with some parents & students.

Serving punch to the crowd. I missed my mom! :( She always serves the punch for me. She had a class and couldn't make it this year.

Simon, Callie & Seth enjoy the one time a year they can eat an unlimited supply of cookies. Samuel is off somewhere helping Daddy and Grandpa clean up the church.

Ssshhhh.......Don't tell..........

......We're laundering money at our house! :)

Monday, I made the mistake of putting some money in my skirt pocket along with my cell phone. Tuesday, I pulled the same skirt on and couldn't find the money in the pocket. I looked high and low for it, but couldn't find it anywhere. Wednesday, while pulling a load of the guys jeans from the washing machine, I discovered MY MONEY. Hmmmm.......how does money get from MY pocket into the guys laundry. :) Methinks, maybe one of the little stinkers found it and tucked it into THEIR pocket. Sounds like something my 4 year-old, Samuel, would do. He LOVES to carry money around in HIS pocket.

Callie's Artwork-Donuts & Flowers

Sayin' cheeeeeese!

As loud as a little girl could possibly say it!

Callie's Donuts.
.......and flowers.

Callie - age 2 years, 11 months!

A little side note: As soon as Callie saw these pictures, she informed me that she HAD to take her ponytails OUT! So once again her hair is wild and free, just the way she likes it!

What I do when my Internet connection is severed!!!!!

POUT ABOUT IT......

then I finally decide maybe it's time to catch up on all the unfinished tasks around the house. No........that doesn't appeal to me. I decide to stay up late, practicing a neglected saxaphone, (much to the annoyance of the rest of the house), clean a little, & do crazy hairstyles!!!!!

What do you do without internet??????
:->

I'm back!!!!!!!!!! (With my hair higher than ever!) Thursday evening, our Internet stopped working. After a call to AT&T, it was decided that our router was bad. They told us it would take 3-5 business days to ship us a new one. That didn't make me very happy with all the recital stuff I have been doing online. I was pleasantly surprised to find one arriving via UPS today. It only took 2 business days! Yes!!!!! Now back to finishing up all those last minute details for my Spring Recital.

Photo Shoot of Callie~~directed by the model herself

This is a little white bench we just bought at a garage sale for $1.00. Callie directed a photo shoot of herself on/off the bench. Keep in mind this is at the end of the day after she has played outside in the dirt/sand. Not to mention the fact that she decided she would put on 2 different black shoes! She has a mind of her own!!!! :) I wonder who she takes that after ;>

"Mommy, take a picture of me laying down."

Take a picture of me sitting down.......
....a picture of me going upside-down...

......a picture of me holding my bench.........a picture of me laying my head down.....

....a picture of me away from my bench!

The End!

Plowing & Planting Our Garden

Our garden, full of weeds, ready to be plowed!

I love the feel of freshly plowed dirt between my toes!
This machine had the garden plowed in no time at all! It's wonderful being able to borrow stuff like this. One of the perks from the place Duane works at. :)

All plowed and planted. Now we just have to get the fencing up to keep all the critters from eating our produce! We planted 2 kinds of beans, sweet corn, spinach, carrots, snow peas, 4 kinds of tomatoes, 5 kinds of peppers, cabbage & cucumbers. Can't wait 'til we get to eat it!