Valley Creek 4th Grade Honor Choir

We had the privilege of attending a Choir presentation Thursday night at Sammi's school. She does choir and REALLY enjoys it. Their group sang 5 songs and sounded great - well done, Sammi!

(Can anyone give me a hint about how best to post video? I've tried a couple of times with different ones, but they don't ever load.)

Are you going to Scarborough Faire?

We went there! We spent the day in Waxahachie with the Busser Family. We had a great time, and it was a people-watching bonanza! We did bungi-bouncing, ice cream, spinning barrels, turkey legs, swords, Crystal sticks, and spheres. There were lords, ladies, wenches, gnomes, knights, moors, pixies, fairies, barbarians, clansmen, leprechauns, jesters, and hordes of craftsmen. We have decided that we agree wholeheartedly with Lance-the-Crystal-stick-man's point of view that "Spandex is a privilege that should not be abused." :o


This is Noobler's neighbor - he was hysterically funny.



Lord Derek, Lady Sammi, and Master Colin!

GO DINGS!!

Sammi's soccer team played very well today. Sammi got to play alot, and all the girls had a great time, but weren't able to come away with the win.



Both teams had light blue jerseys, so Sammi's team had to wear yellow penny's. It became obvious after about 4 seconds that the girls were a little distracted by them. Haley and Sammi were no different. Sammi twisted the front of hers for most of the first half!

A musical evening!

We had a great opportunity Friday evening to go to McKinney North H.S. and see the University of Houston Wind Ensemble perform. That's the top band from a school with an amazing music program. They were great - there was a tuba soloist that played things that would never be recognized as a tuba (wow!) and a guy who played a tympani solo (yes) that almost brought the house down. The kids were all very impressed - now Brad wants to get a Music degree!

Another cool thing about this was that my band director from high school, Tom Bennett, was conducting! He has been directing this band for about 8 years - I hadn't seen him since, uh...1983? He is a very strong personality (still is, I'm sure - maybe too much for me?) but he has always put out a great product, and last night was no exception.

Anyone still there?

OK, I seem to have been out of touch for a while. Life sorta keeps getting in the way. :)

We went to Brad's 6th grade band Spring Concert last night, and the kids did great! Brad was very excited - they played Surfin' USA, and Mr. Wright told us about the Sandy Lake Competition that they went to last week. They got a 1 and were awarded the Best in Class trophy. Well done!

Drew's soccer team, Manchester, played their last game of the season last week, and WON! They've had a tough time this season - there has been some very tough competition in their division.

Sammi's team had a great time and played well, but weren't able to pull off the win. There's a game on Saturday - GO DINGS!!

Nick has been working hard at Scouts - he has run some of the meetings, and was lead guy on a recent merit badge. He has now moved into his role as Patrol Leader for the new Venture Patrol. This is a group of "older" scouts that do really cool things - backpacking, high adventure stuff - that the younger scouts don't get to do. Age has benefits!

How did I get so lucky to have such wonderful kids?!?!