A Week of Family

Well it's been a wonderful week.  One of the highlights was when Cassandra sent us this picture of our cute little grand daughter, Lily, watching football with her dad, Emerson.

It looks pretty intense!

 Also we got to talk to both Matt and Jon off and on this week, and it looks like they will both be home for fall break, so we are looking forward to having them here on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

The other three kids wrote a bit about what's going on with them these days, so here are their comments with my own added in.

Hi, everyone.  This is Miriam.  I'm participating in two choirs. I'm in the concert choir, and the auditioned women's choir called Sorelle Voce. We had a concert on Friday the fourteenth called the Fall Choral Showcase. It went pretty well.
Commentary from Marci:  Miriam failed to mention that her beloved, long-suffering mother spent 6 hours on Friday hemming 9" off her double-skirted choir dress, so that she would be ready to perform Friday night.  She also forgot to mention that the singing was divine and that she was beautiful.  Also, Miriam is taking driver's ed--Finally!

I don't have a picture of Miriam in her choir dress, yet.  I wanted to take one of her right now, but she just woke up and says she doesn't look good (pishaw!), so here she is in women's choir last year.

Katrina--I recently participated in a Shakespeare Competition. It was a lot of fun!  I also am involved in other drama activities like Drama Club Council. I'm in choir as well. I hope that you're doing well and I hope to see you all again soon.

Commentary from Marci:  For the Shakespeare competition, Katrina was part of an ensemble group who did a scene from Pericles.  She played the goddess Diana and did a beautiful job.  Every judge singled her out with positive comments.

Katrina is on the right.  Isn't she beautiful?

Thomas-- I am in the student council. I am also in the jazz band; we are going to have an October concert soon. In student council we are preparing for our second dance of the year. We in the student council go help the kids in the elementary school with sports and other activities. We do this once a week.  This is Thomas, signing out.
Commentary by Marci:  Thomas is a wonderful trumpet player and we cant wait to hear his first jazz band concert.  He enjoys student council, and I enjoy watching him serve others.

Brian and I have had a nice week full of work and family time. Saturday we worked hard in the yard with the kids, getting it all ready for winter.  Also on Saturday, we finally went out on a date where we ate Mexican food, and bought Brian four sweaters.

Well, that's it. Life is Beautiful!