It's Been A Little Loud Here Lately

Nana had her percussion competition today. She's been practicing for weeks. It's not super competitive yet, cuz it's just AA County schools, but you can't move up unless you get a rating of 1 (Superior). Once you have that rating, you can go on to compete at the state level. 

She was sick for 2 weeks and missed her opportunity to compete solo (not enough preparation time) but was still able to perform with her group :) They did awesome, and got a rating of 1, so they are going to State! 

The biggest criticism the judge had, which really wasn't a criticism, was that they needed to acquire better instruments for the next competition so that they could sound more professional.

This is today's performance of Interplay. They totally rocked it! They added a few more people for the competition, so it's a much better show than at the winter concert. This was taken with my video camera so it's also a better quality than the second video....

This is the video I took on my camera at the winter concert. It's fuzzy and not as clear, but you can see and hear Nana playing much better than in the first video. She was WAY sick for the concert but managed to do awesome anyhow. :)

The Thin Navy Blue Line

Pics from the academy....

 The guy he made the mistake of looking like...

  The penalty for bringing a cell phone to class.....

 Your classmates idea of punishment for being late......

  Finally, graduation!

  

 Trying not to laugh while James frantically tries to climb onto the stage to get to him.....

 The close-up

  

 These guys are both gone now.....one got caught, and one resigned suddenly right after.....

 Class photo.....where's Waldo?

 The finished product

Jack's Awesome Wipeout

Took the kids sledding at Tom's old high school....that's where the good hills are......

Jack was having a blast until he wiped out....he was pretty brave though.....it was an awesome wipeout.....

Belly Laughs

 

I was watching roadrunner and coyote cartoons with Jack.....he's hilarious to listen to.......this is not a visual video, so just close your eyes and listen :)

Sexy Bathrooms?

  

We double dated with friends on Valentines day.....we went to a Japanese hibachi grill place......this was the bathroom.......Tom said the boys bathroom also had roses on the urinals.....the only thing I can figure is that they thought people might enjoy the sexy bathrooms before they went home.....I know I personally REALLY enjoyed washing my hands ;)

You can't see it but that is actually a candle next to the bowl of floating roses.....sadly it had burned out by the time I got there.......yes it really was that dark in the bathroom...........