Tonight, Sarah had her final Band Concert of the 2010 school year. They all sounded so good and we really enjoyed listening to all the bands in the brand new auditorium. Sarah played both the piccolo and the flute in the pieces that they played. It is amazing to us every time we hear them […]
Today Brittany had her middle school Conference Track Meet. There were 14 teams there. Brittany ended up running 4 races… 1) the Medley Relay (where she ran the 2oo), 2) the 4 x 200 meter relay, 3) the 4 x 100 meter relay, and 4) the 200 meter dash. They really did well at the
Today was an incredibly busy day! Most of it was taken up by the District 204 Fine Arts Festival in which all of our kids (except Ben, of course) were involved. Zachary had art that was selected to be displayed. Kirstyn sang with her choir, played with her band, and had art selected. Brittany had
Tonight, Zachary, Kirstyn, and I went to the Kane County Cougars baseball game. Tonight was one of the “Ozzie Reading Club” nights where school kids can get free tickets, free hot dogs and drinks, and free t-shirts for reading a certain number of books! 🙂 When we got there, we found our seats, which were
Tonight Brittany had her final chorus concert at Still. She sang both with the 8th grade chorus and her honors chorus groups. They sounded great! We’re not done with the Still Middle School music program, however, as Kirstyn will be here next year doing both band and orchestra. Brittany sure has loved being in music
Tonight, our family held its 6th annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner. It’s getting more and more difficult to coordinate now that we have 4 kids in school! 🙂 All the kids invite 1 or 2 teachers they feel have impacted their lives in a good way during the year and we invite them over for a
Tonight, Kirstyn had her final chorus concert at Gombert. She loves singing, and will have a great time next year in Middle School both singing AND playing her clarinet. She also had a speaking part which surprised me because I had no clue (normal). 🙂 They sang some pretty complicated songs which had multiple parts
Tonight, Brittany had her final Orchestra concert at Still Middle School. She played in the 8th Grade Orchestra as well as the Chamber Orchestra (Honors). They played Viva la Vida, Night at the Museum, Perseus, Farendole, and Shenandoah. They did a GREAT job! Sarah babysat the kids while Angela and I went and enjoyed the
Today was quite the busy day for the family! Angela got up early and went shopping with some friends. It turns out that there is a new craze around coupon shopping and getting a TON of stuff for pretty cheap! Some call it “black belt couponing.” It takes some time to figure things out (where
Tonight Kirstyn and Zachary participated in the Gombert Elementary Variety Vortex show! Zach was a background dancer in a group number and it was so cute to see him in his shades doing his thing! 🙂 Kirstyn sang “You Belong to Me” by Taylor Swift. She did a GREAT job! The music she had was
Last night and tonight, Brittany was a shining star in the Still Middle School production of Guys and Dolls. She, along with all the other cast members worked very hard over the last couple of months and it really showed! There is a lot of talent there this year. Brittany was in the chorus and
Brittany is participating in the Still Middle School production of Guys and Dolls, and Angela and I have been very busy helping prepare for this. We were assigned to be the chairs of the ticket sales and distribution committee. We had to come up with the order form to go out to everyone, a ticket
