Jayson's First Band Concert

Andrea and Jayson

Granny and Jayson

Mr. McAvoy, the Band Instructor

Jayson playing his trumpet

Doesn't he look great?

Jayson had his first band concert last night. It was awesome. These kids have only been playing their instruments for 8 weeks. I am super proud of him. Of course, since I play the trumpet too, I was really listening and enjoying the concert. He played a lot of the songs that I played at my first concert. I hope you enjoy these pictures and the video.

Icky Weather

I guess all of this icky, windy and wet weather is finally affecting my mood. I have been in a bummed out mood this whole day. I haven't wanted to do anything except sit in my recliner, wrap up in a cozy blanket, and watch tv.....unfortunately, when one owns a family day care, that wish is NEVER going to happen. I did manage to get enough energy to start dinner. We are having homemade scalloped potatoes, sliced ham, and green beans for dinner. Nummy. A super nice, hot, and comforting meal on such a crappy weather night.

New Clothes Drying Rack

New clothes drying racks

Since the weather is definitely fall, and with that cold and rainy weather, this means that I can no longer hang my clothes outside for free. Well through the beauty of the internet, I found these great clothes drying racks. They can each hold one VERY large load apiece, or two medium loads each. Yes, I know that they are "redneck" in their appearance....but their functionality and ability to save me money, makes them priceless. They fold down into a mere two inches thick and are four feet long when folded down. Yes, I know that I sound like a commercial, but this is truly worth it. Can you see my dog Daisy laying in the last little bit of Sunday sun? In the last two weeks I have only used my evil dryer for 80 minutes and I have washed 12 loads of laundry. That is a ton of laundry but not when you consider that includes all the daycare laundry of sheets, blankets, pillows, etc plus our regular laundry, sheets etc. I usually just wash the clothes then hang them up in the first thing in the morning. By the next night ( overnight) they are totally dry. If something just HAS to be dried right away, then I dry them in the dryer, but I figure if the dirty clothes generally are in the hamper for a day or two anyway before they get washed, they might as well hang up on the racks for those two days. Good luck and let me know if you need any more information.

Church 4 Ward Youth Party

O'Ryan Ethington and Sasha after she was bobbing
for apples. That would explain her soaking wet shirt !

Jayson with shaving cream on his face betting ready
to play a group game where half the group puts the shaving cream on and the
other group throws cheetos in hopes of them sticking to the cream.

Jayson bobbing for apples

Sasha bobbing for apples too!

Last night for Mutual, the youth had four congregations of young people together for a Halloween party. They had homemade root beer floats, games, bobbing for apples, and a ton of candy. The kids all had a great time. I am so glad that the Church gives our teenagers fun places to go that are safe. They always have a great time with their friends.

Sasha's choir concert

Sasha in her gorgeous pea coat before her choir concert
on 10/27/2009 at Lakes High School

Sasha with her choir outfit on

A very dark picture of Sasha's choir. She is the small
redhead in the front row with the long hair. Definitely the cute one!

Sasha had her first high school choir concert on Tuesday 10/27/2009. It was at the brand new Performing Arts Center at Lakes High School. It is a great facility. The sound was great. Sasha's choir sang a medley of songs from "Phantom of the Opera". Those are some of my all time favorite songs. They are beautiful and melodic. Sasha did a fabulous job...and I am not just saying that because I am her mother....the girl can really sing.

Fall Decorations

Fall at its finest!

I just wanted a pretty picture of the table centerpiece decorations that are on my dining room table. The flowers are from Sarah...see previous post. The pumpkins and gourds are leftover from a Church Chili cook off that we had a few weeks ago. I love all the gorgeous colors of fall. I look around outside and get all nostalgic and excited about the holidays that are coming up. Anyway....for those of you that live far away, consider this a little fall gift. Enjoy!

Flowers from Sarah

Sarah gave me flowers today !

Sarah came home this morning and gave me flowers. Isn't that great?!!! Last night I received my grades from my midterm exam and guess what???? I received a perfect score. The teacher announced before handing back all the tests that she was going to grade on the curve. I always like it when they grade on the curve. Our teacher assigns us all numbers to put on all of our assignments so that others cannot read our scores and know who they belong to. Anyway....I didn't know at that point that my score was awesome. When she finished handing out the tests, I was shocked that my score totally blew the curve. I was happy and sad all at the same time. There are some other students that really were counting on the curve scale. Bummers. Anyway....I hope that I can do as well on the final as well.