It has been a long time since I have blogged and I thought that maybe I should do an update. Figured the best way was to show you why I haven't blogged in forever. The following pictures and video are from my weekend.
This weekend Sarah was in the pit for the high school musical. We haven't seen much of her the past month, between cheerleading, pit rehearsal and work she has been a busy girl. Friday night we went to see "The Music Man" at Clinton High school. The kids did a great job.
On Saturday, not only did Sarah have another performance, but Kristen was competing in the Awana Games held over in Moline, Illinois. This group of girls did really well and it was fun to watch them compete. Learned that Kristen is a speedy little girl. Time to look into a pair of spikes for her maybe? She was paired up with another girl for the three legged race. Those two were awesome and lapped the other teams.
The Clinton team came in second place. They lost by only two points. They were DQ at one point and had a couple of other things that kept them from scoring. When a team is tagged from behind as they are being lapped that team is supposed to leave so that the other team can keep going. The team that Clinton tagged didn't get out of the way and kept the other teams from passing them. Way to go Kristen.
Finally on Sunday, while Sarah was busy performing at the Music Man, Kristen was showing off her musical skills also. Kristen's piano teacher was holding her annual piano recital She holds the recital at a local assisted living home in their chapel. Many of the residents look forward to this every year. I even heard a couple of them talking this year about how fun it has been to watch musicians grow and progress. This year Kristen not only played the piano but also shared her first public performance on the flute.
Here is a video of her flute solo
And a video of Kristen's piano solo,
Sorry it is crooked at the beginning, I have been taking photos with a vertical tilt and flipped the camera out of habit.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Reading Challenge for the year
Sunday, January 2, 2011
21 days to organize challenge
as part of goal to get more organized and purge stuff that we don't really need I am going to try and participate in this challenge. Yesterday's assignment was to clean out your junk drawer and then organize it. I was supposed to take a picture of my drawer before it was organized, but I forgot. So instead I took a picture of all of the stuff that I pulled out of the drawer. Can't believe I had that much stuff in the drawer.
The bottom picture is of the drawer after everything was straightened out and organized. This will make it much easier to find items. Now if only the rest of the house (or at least the two girls) will actually take the time to put things back away in the right spot. That is what usually keeps me from getting and keeping things organized.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Book Blast Event
I just heard about a book blast event that will be taking place on another blog. As an English teacher I am always up for hearing about more good books. Of course my beliefs surrounding books is too many good books not enough time.
Any way head on over and check it out. I can't wait to see what new books I am going to want to add to my list.

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Any way head on over and check it out. I can't wait to see what new books I am going to want to add to my list.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Gratitude day 14
Today I am thankful that my husband helped me with the final parts of the loft bed for Kristen's room. Now she can start moving everything back into her room. However she is only going to put in what I think should go in there. She still has many things from when she was younger and those things either need to be given to others or packed away.
Gratitude day 13
Today I am thankful that I was able to spend two days scrapbooking. I would really like to get caught up with my pictures. I am about 1 1/2 years behind for Sarah and 6 years behind on Kristen's pages. I really need to get them done and soon.
Gratitude day 12
Today I am thankful for good friends. I have the fun of spending today and Saturday with some good friends scrapbooking. It is always nice to have friends to spend the time with
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