Tonight the Metea Valley Marching Mustangs held their 8th grade band night where all the feeder school 8th graders came and participated with the Marching Band. They played the national anthem, the school fight song, and other pre-game stuff. They got to come and meet Marching Band members who they will hopefully be playing with […]
Tonight, Brittany was inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society. She is very excited and enjoys so much her involvement in music in our school district. We are so grateful that our district focuses so much on the Arts! Great job Brittany!
Again!!! We have another crack in our foundation that is leaking and got the carpet all wet in a different place. So, we had to pull off the wallboard and get things cleaned up. 🙁 I then went outside and started digging a hole so it could be patched from the outside. 🙁 The funny
Brittany got a job working at Anderson’s Bookstore and today was her first day of work! Right now, she’s working in the warehouse sorting and getting books ready for book fairs at schools all over the area. She really enjoys it and loves the people she works with, including one of her best friends! Great
Today Angela had an American Mother’s meeting at our house and so we all did our best to run errands and keep things quiet while they were in their meeting. We had about 10 or so people show up from around Illinois. This evening we had a special event that we went to. About a
Today Brittany performed at the football game with the marching band. They are getting much better and by the end of the season, they’ll really rock (no pun intended)! 🙂 They did a great job! She’s loving every minute of Marching Band and as the Pit Section Leader, she is getting some good opportunities to
Angela had her first cub scout roundtable tonight! I had to give her a hard time as she went out the door in her new scout shirt! 🙂 What goes around comes around Angela! All those times you poked at me leaving in my scout shirt have come back! 🙂
Today Kirstyn auditioned for the Still Middle School Honor Choir and feels very good about her performance. She’s hoping SO bad that she can sing with them this year. Hopefully all will turn out for the best and she’ll be singing in the top choir soon!
Today Brittany and the Metea Valley Marching Mustangs went to Northwestern to perform in their annual band day halftime show. I got to go as a chaperone and we all had a really good time. Free tickets to a Northwestern game ain’t bad. 🙂 The game was in the late afternoon/evening but we got there
Over the past two nights, we have been at Metea and Still for their curriculum nights. It’s always fun to meet the kids teachers and to see what they’ll be doing this year. It also never ceases to amaze me at how good the school district is that we are in. We are so glad
Today Brittany performed in the Labor day parade with the Metea Valley Marching Mustangs! She had a fun time and the band looked so great and professional. They sounded great too! Everyone was trying to be so serious so we decided to try and make Brittany smile or laugh. She tried SO hard not to,
