Happy Birthday Matt!

Today we celebrated Matt's birthday!  It was a fairly normal day but we did celebrate and Anna even made his cake this year!  It was a nice evening for a family movie night too!

This week the weather has been cold!  We did get the rain that was predicted, actually we got much more than what was predicted.  We got over 3.25" on Thursday and Friday (combined) and in some of the cities around us there was actual snow that fell.  It wasn't measurable for the most part but snow is extremely rare!  More rain is coming this week but it shouldn't be much and it shouldn't be quite so cold!  Enjoy some local snow pictures!

Snow on the hills you can see from Morro rock on Thursday morning.

Outside in some cities on Saturday morning.

 

Wonderful honors band performance!

Today we enjoyed the wonderful musical performance from the County Junior and Senior Honors bands.  This was as we headed out the door!  So grown up!  

We swapped Anna and Olivier to even out their heights a bit!  

The Junior band went first.  Bang Zoom by Vince Gassi was their first piece.  Like a Mighty Stream was next by Johnnie Vinson.  There was a group that did Clap Trap, it was a non-instrumental piece (clapping, stomping, snapping).  The next piece was Reminiscence by Kathryn Salfelder.  Their final piece was a jazz piece called Feeling Good by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly.  

They gave the parents a chance for photos by each row of students.  Here is Olivier (in the center of the photo).  

And Mason (in the center of the photo).  

Then it was onto the Senior band.  Some Treasures are Heavy with Human Tears by John Mackey was the first song.  The second was Chasing Sunlight by Cait Nishimura.  They then played Cajan Folk Songs II by Frank Ticheli.  Next was The Earl of Oxford's March from the "William Byrd Suite" by Gordon Jacob.  The final song they played was a real test and was wonderful to hear, it was Nitrous by Kevin Day.  And they did photos by row also.  Anna is a bit left of the center.   

Another parent got this cool photo from the balcony of the Junior band.  You can see Mason and Olivier playing.

 Super proud of them!  

Fun busy times!

We are all doing well.  The kids have been busy with honor band practice and their normal activities.  That has meant a bit of driving around and some weird schedules and meals but we are happy to see them enjoying all the activities!  This week they have the honors band concert we are excited to attend and hear all of their hard work!

It has been dry but it looks like that will end this week with a decent amount of rain expected on Thursday and Friday and more coming next week!  We are looking forward to more rain!

Busy regular week

This week we had a normal schedule for the most part.  The boys had another honors band practice Thursday night.  Anna got to ride yesterday.  And it rained overnight, not a lot but we are thankful for any rain we do get. The creek behind the house still has water flowing in it which is always nice to see.  The rain does mean a lot more crud in the bike lanes and unfortunately Matt got this in his tire during his Sunday ride.  Thankfully it didn't do more damage than this!

Looking forward to another regular week!