Tuesday, September 30, 2008

It's Marching Band Season

Where does the time go? So much to blog, so little time. We are currently about mid-point through the marching band season. Life is very busy for Alec. He survived band camp this summer and came home glad that he signed up. He just didn't expect to have such sore feet. They have performed at 2 football games and 2 competitions so far. The competitions are broken down into classes. Alec's groups class is a 2A. So far, they have come in last at both competitions, but I don't think they have done badly. It's fun to go and watch all of the bands compete. Last week, there were 36 bands, we did not stay to see them all. We have been getting home after 1am....very long days. We have 5 more competitions, 3 games and 2 parades left. After that, they are done until April when they go to NY City to compete.

The band has an ongoing fundraiser of Scrip cards. You buy gift cards and use them as cash. There are oodles available. The band & Alec get a cut from the proceeds which helps fund his NY trip. If you're interested, let us know!


Alec on the move



Sunday, September 07, 2008

Happy Birthday to ME!!


Well, it has been such an eventful summer and we haven't blogged about any of it!!! We will try to get some updates of the summer done very soon. The blog is just another unaccomplished thing on the "to-do-list".

Today has been a busy day! The morning began with us all bustling about getting ready for church. Rich and the kids were downstairs making breakfast and birthday cake. We had very large cinnamon rolls with apple chunks in them, yummy!!! The cake was yellow with dark chocolate fudge frosting, oh my! I could eat just the frosting. Since the commissary doesn't sell it, I didn't know there was such an item available. Now that I know, we're in trouble. (I've been struggling to keep my exercise routine going and this isn't helping!)

Rich is painting our bathroom as my gift....I'll post pictures when it is all done.

I am 29, thanks for asking! Rich will always be older than me, I'll be sure to remind him next week on his birthday :)

Here are a few pictures of the day:
















Mel & the kids : it's so hard to get a good picture!!