We were lucky enough to have Regan, Morgan, and Jordyn come stay with us for 5 days this past week. I teach at a Vocal Summer Music Camp called "Rise Up and Sing" and have been able to involve Cindy's and my kids for the last 3 years. This year Regan, Morgan, Jordyn, Todd and Kate all attended and we had a wonderful time! Morgan, Jordyn, and Kate were all in the Children's Chorus, and Kate and Morgan also attended an Acting class which they absolutely loved. Todd and Regan each took a master class (a small class where each member polishes a solo to be performed at the end of the week), a theory class, a musical theater class and an acting class. I taught master classes all day, so by the end of the week we were all absolutely exhausted (but in a good way!).
Kate, Jordy, and Morgan singing with the Children's Chorus (Tinga Layo).
We had time to swim and even squeezed in the swim lessons in the evenings.
This was the Super Karate Kick into the Pool move developed by Todd, Kate, and Regan!
The whole gang in their music camp t-shirts.
Jordyn was an absolute star at music camp after she sang "Rubber Duckie" in front of the whole camp! Everyone kept telling her what a great job she did (and they were right!). She developed quite the fan base while there. The other kids were her backup singers. They all wore swimsuits and sunglasses and carried towels and rubber duckies!
We were so busy that I forgot to take many more pictures, but we had the best time with the cousins. We were all completely worn out by the end of the week, but hopefully the kids had fun and thought it was worth the craziness. I sure did! It's wonderful to see the growth they experience each year. I'm thankful they can have these opportunities to build self confidence, and especially that they have had the opportunity to spend some time together.
