More Guys and Dolls!

Mason plays the part of Arvide Abernathy, a member of the mission and Sara's grandmother. Hannah has a chorus role and is sometimes a guy, sometimes a doll... (but she is always a doll to us!)

Guys and Dolls!

Okay, I have a working camera for now. I am borrowing my brother's camera until I get a new one. So, of course, I snapped away at today's performance (hopefully not annoying my neighbors). I had so many that I am saving half for tomorrow... Enjoy!

UGGGG!!!!!!!

My camera is betraying me!!! Tonight was opening night of "Guys and Dolls" and my camera is being uncooperative ( and has been for a week)!!! I took so many pictures that would have been so great, but nothing is on my memory card. So, be patient (as I am NOT) and I will get some before this show is over if I have to buy a new camera!

Balloon Fiesta Special Shapes Glow!

Jemez Stream!

We found a lovely little stream near Battleship Rock in the Jemez mountains. It was a bit cold for full body immersion, but the kids still had a great time! The trees in the mountains were turning very vibrant colors and made for a gorgeous drive!

Bandelier National Monument!

Evening Shenanigans!

Buddies!

The Latest Challenge!

After the girls finished their last piano recital, I told them that we would go to the music store and they could choose something new to learn to play. Before we ever got there, Hannah had her heart set on this one: Mozart's twelve variations of what most of us know as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". This is a very difficult piece but she insisted that she doesn't care if it takes her two years to accomplish it. We brought it home and I could not get her off of the piano. Fortunately, we have a piano teacher who loves to push her students and agreed to work on it with Hannah. She does not think that it will take a year, but we will see... She thinks that Hannah is actually ready for this song. I thought it would be fun to record her progress, so here she is two weeks into practising it. She knows the first variation, some of the second, and all of the fifth. The difference in the end will mostly be in the speed. When she perfects this song, her fingers will be flying!

A funny thing about her picking this song is that we have listened to it since she was a small baby. When she would get fussy in her car seat, we would turn this song on knowing that she would instantly fall asleep. It even got to where she would hear the first note and say, "No, I don't want to sleep!", then--konk-- she was out!!!

Balloon Time!

Today was the unofficial first day of the Balloon Fiesta! We went ot Hannah's school to watch a balloon take off early this morning, but there was a light wind and it never lifted off of the ground. When we got home, though, a balloon was landing right in front of our house! The balloon pilot let Dylan and his friend Alton help take it down and play in the basket! Such fun!