Summer Beginnings

It is finally summer.  The month of June seemed long for my boys who were very anxious to be out of school. 

The last day of school I was trying to get a picture of the boys walking to the bus stop for the last time before their much-anticipated summer break.  They were being stinkers and were walking while facing me and would not turn around.

After school Bowen had a few buddies over for an "End of School" party.  I fed them pizza, chips and juice and they played games and had a great time.

It's on days like this that I'm very grateful for a big vehicle.

We've set up Cadence's little pool and she's spent many hours enjoying it.

Ashton checked out some garage sales one Saturday and came home with a huge bag of lego for his sister.  Such a great big brother.

A favorite activity to beat the heat is to head to the library.

SUMMER IS OFF TO A GREAT START

Year End Recital 2018

I probably say this every year, but I really can't believe how quickly this past music year went.  Before I knew it it was time for the year end recital.

It was a great recital.  My students performed so well.  We listened to great piano, guitar and vocal selections.  Ashton and Bowen both played the piano, and Cadence sang Twinkle, Twinkle.  It was Cadence's first recital and she did awesome.  I sang Crazy.

After the performances I had a little luncheon for everyone.  I served sausage, cheese and crackers, veggie tray with dip, fruit, and chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodle cookies and homemade toffees for dessert.  I missed my mom's help so much.  I think it was the first recital I hosted without her.  I was pretty exhausted by the end of the night.  I was very grateful for my family's help though. 

I enjoyed visiting with my students and their families.  It will be nice now to have a little break before I'm back at it in September.  The summer goes so fast!!

Beautiful flowers from one of my students.

We didn't record Cadence at the recital and of course she was a little distracted at home.  But here is a little taste of her performance.

What a joy music is to my life and I'm so blessed to be able to share it with others.