Linda came and visited this week. It was good to see her and her family again. The kids enjoyed seeing there cousins a lot. Carol took Logan and Emma to Fiesta Farms along with the in-town cousins and they had a good time. Half way through Linda's visit we found out Grandpa Felsch had passed away. Linda and I cried a lot. Cameron had a wonderful time at EFY and told Mike all about it in the car ride home. I was excited to hear all about it but Cameron wanted to accept some Facebook requests first. We were waiting to tell him about Grandpa's passing until after we'd heard about his week away. But, he saw on Facebook about Grandpa and cried most of the day. He's still really somber about it. He was close to Grandpa and loved working on Scouting projects with him when we would visit.
Last night we had our United Voices for Christ multi-faith concert. This whole concert has been a struggle because its summer and so many people are out of town. So, although everything was done on a much smaller scale than Messiah (we only had 70 in the choir, 30 in the orchestra, and 10 in the children's choir last night) it still was a good concert. We had a good mix of Christian and Patriotic pieces and the audience especially liked the Patriotic sing-a-long and many of the other pieces we performed. It was a good concert and we built some good relationships with some of the other churches. The pot luck dinner between the dress rehearsal and performance was neat because that's when people actually mingled and got to know each other. I conducted three pieces, played the violin on two, and sang on one. Cameron played the cello on all of the orchestra pieces, Mike ran the sound equipment, and Errolyn and Logan sang in the Children's Choir. It was a good experience.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Baseball and volleyball are over now. Errolyn won the award for getting more serves over than anyone on the team. She went from being the most consistent underhand serve to being the most consistent overhand server in just one game. But she'd been practicing her overhand serve everyday for 20-30 minutes so I'm glad her practice paid off. Logan continued to do awesome with baseball but he thinks its a boring game. He wants to try a competitive team next year to see if that will be more fun. Logan and Errolyn are now doing Swim Team everyday and enjoying that. Also, I'm taking Errolyn occasionally to some volleyball clinics across town.
Cameron and Errolyn both won one of the Presidential Awards in school for good grades and character. Errolyn had a 5th grade graduation and she was so serious the whole time, it was funny. The first weekend in June we went camping with another family in our ward. The kids had a blast playing tag and Ghost in the Graveyard and other outdoor games. There were signs in the bathrooms about what to do if you spot a mountain lion so the kids were pretty good about staying near the campsites and not wandering off. Emma loved sleeping in a tent and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Cameron cooked us breakfast the next morning because he needed to for a Merit Badge. Then we packed up camp and went on a 3 mile hike.
Little Emma was such a trooper and walked the whole way! The last mile we took some breaks so she could rest (and me... it was farther than I'd walked in a while since being pregnant). Mike and Cameron went back the long way (5 mile hike for them) and Errolyn, Emma, and I took the shorter way back and they picked us up in the car and the end of our trail. We saw a really long snake just before we reached the meeting point where we were meeting the boys. The girls were scared to cross where we'd seen a snake but new we needed cross so the boys could pick us up. For how drained Emma was of energy, she sure ran fast right along Errolyn when we reached the snake spot. We ran the rest of the trail and waited for a few minutes for the boys. Logan actually went hiking with the other family to see some dinosaur tracks, but we had to go on a different hike because Cameron had to find some Geocaches for another Merit Badge.
We've been having fun meeting different friends at the pool. Cameron's been going to a Region cello camp once a week. We went to a wedding last weekend that was really nice. Cameron also went to his first youth dance. He did NOT want to dance with girls, but I told him it was not only fun but also a service to the young women who may feel left out. I didn't have to worry because a member of the Stake Presidency told him and his friend Ben (who also went for the first time) that to have fun they should dance with a different girl every single slow song. And if they didn't, he would introduce them to a new girl each slow song for them to dance with. Lol. Cameron danced every slow song, although he only asked one girl to dance because the other girls all asked him. He had a fun time... I think. He goes to EFY next week; I hope he has fun! And then he goes the following week to Scout Camp.
I've been in the midst of planning and rehearsing for the United Voices for Christ multi-faith concert. It's been very difficult coordinating everything since people have summer vacation plans, but when you do a patriotic concert, you have to have it during the summer. One rehearsal was well attended, one was scaring me because there were so few, but we had our first rehearsal with the other Christian churches and that went well. It won't be as big and grand as I'd first envisioned, but the other church singers really belted out their parts so the choir sounds much bigger than it is. We'll still have a big choir, just not Messiah size. Everyone seemed to get along really well and hopefully this will help the other churches know that we too believe in Christ and that Mormons are normal people just like everyone else. Half of the concert is Christian music and half is Patriotic music. One of the pastors selected a Gospel/ Spiritual upbeat piece and the choir loves singing it... it's fun to do. It's been fun to collaborate with the other music Pastors.
And then last but not least, our friends from Germany, the Beans, came down! We only saw them for a day because they have to go to some family reunions up north but it was so fun to talk and hang out with them. All of the kids got along really well. They'll come back in a couple of weeks and stay with us which will be a ton of fun... and also crowded with 9 kids in one house!
Mike is speaking in another Ward today (1 1/2 hours away... yuck) and Cameron is speaking in our ward today as well as teaching his Teacher's Quorum lesson. Other than all of that, the baby is doing well. I'm measuring big so the doctor thinks I'll deliver earlier than my due date, but we'll see. I can't wait to get back on Eat to Live! I've been eating for convenience while I've been pregnant and I just feel so gross all of the time. But, the green smoothies and salads don't taste good while I'm pregnant... I can't wait to get my normal taste buds back again. Still no names for this baby girl.
Cameron and Errolyn both won one of the Presidential Awards in school for good grades and character. Errolyn had a 5th grade graduation and she was so serious the whole time, it was funny. The first weekend in June we went camping with another family in our ward. The kids had a blast playing tag and Ghost in the Graveyard and other outdoor games. There were signs in the bathrooms about what to do if you spot a mountain lion so the kids were pretty good about staying near the campsites and not wandering off. Emma loved sleeping in a tent and thought it was the coolest thing ever. Cameron cooked us breakfast the next morning because he needed to for a Merit Badge. Then we packed up camp and went on a 3 mile hike.
Little Emma was such a trooper and walked the whole way! The last mile we took some breaks so she could rest (and me... it was farther than I'd walked in a while since being pregnant). Mike and Cameron went back the long way (5 mile hike for them) and Errolyn, Emma, and I took the shorter way back and they picked us up in the car and the end of our trail. We saw a really long snake just before we reached the meeting point where we were meeting the boys. The girls were scared to cross where we'd seen a snake but new we needed cross so the boys could pick us up. For how drained Emma was of energy, she sure ran fast right along Errolyn when we reached the snake spot. We ran the rest of the trail and waited for a few minutes for the boys. Logan actually went hiking with the other family to see some dinosaur tracks, but we had to go on a different hike because Cameron had to find some Geocaches for another Merit Badge.
We've been having fun meeting different friends at the pool. Cameron's been going to a Region cello camp once a week. We went to a wedding last weekend that was really nice. Cameron also went to his first youth dance. He did NOT want to dance with girls, but I told him it was not only fun but also a service to the young women who may feel left out. I didn't have to worry because a member of the Stake Presidency told him and his friend Ben (who also went for the first time) that to have fun they should dance with a different girl every single slow song. And if they didn't, he would introduce them to a new girl each slow song for them to dance with. Lol. Cameron danced every slow song, although he only asked one girl to dance because the other girls all asked him. He had a fun time... I think. He goes to EFY next week; I hope he has fun! And then he goes the following week to Scout Camp.
I've been in the midst of planning and rehearsing for the United Voices for Christ multi-faith concert. It's been very difficult coordinating everything since people have summer vacation plans, but when you do a patriotic concert, you have to have it during the summer. One rehearsal was well attended, one was scaring me because there were so few, but we had our first rehearsal with the other Christian churches and that went well. It won't be as big and grand as I'd first envisioned, but the other church singers really belted out their parts so the choir sounds much bigger than it is. We'll still have a big choir, just not Messiah size. Everyone seemed to get along really well and hopefully this will help the other churches know that we too believe in Christ and that Mormons are normal people just like everyone else. Half of the concert is Christian music and half is Patriotic music. One of the pastors selected a Gospel/ Spiritual upbeat piece and the choir loves singing it... it's fun to do. It's been fun to collaborate with the other music Pastors.
And then last but not least, our friends from Germany, the Beans, came down! We only saw them for a day because they have to go to some family reunions up north but it was so fun to talk and hang out with them. All of the kids got along really well. They'll come back in a couple of weeks and stay with us which will be a ton of fun... and also crowded with 9 kids in one house!
Mike is speaking in another Ward today (1 1/2 hours away... yuck) and Cameron is speaking in our ward today as well as teaching his Teacher's Quorum lesson. Other than all of that, the baby is doing well. I'm measuring big so the doctor thinks I'll deliver earlier than my due date, but we'll see. I can't wait to get back on Eat to Live! I've been eating for convenience while I've been pregnant and I just feel so gross all of the time. But, the green smoothies and salads don't taste good while I'm pregnant... I can't wait to get my normal taste buds back again. Still no names for this baby girl.
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