Kate Singing at the Wilson Theater

Excuse the shakiness and weird angle -- Todd and I were at the sound/video table. At least you can hear her -- SHE WAS AWESOME!

Finally... Videos of Music Camp!

Hope you'll enjoy some fun videos of the kids performing their solos at music camp this year!







Kate sings first, then her bud, Sadie, then Morgan! It's a long one, but worth it!





Jack is second from the righthand end, Kaleb is to the far right. Emma Tribe is the tall little girl in the middle. :)

Happy 4th!

Just a little video of the kids singing at the town's Patriotic Program last night.

Aren't we blessed to live in this great nation? I am so thankful to the founding fathers and mothers who gave everything that we might have the lives we have. I pray that we will have the strength and courage to preserve that gift for our posterity.

Happy Independence Day!

3rd Grade Christmas Concert

 

December brought many fun concerts and activities, one of which was Kate's 3rd grade Christmas Concert. She is blessed to have a wonderful new music teacher who has helped her to LOVE singing! She and her best friend, Sadie, knew every song by heart! They performed a fun and diverse selection of songs. We LOVED it!!

Sadie's mom, Amber, and I decorated the stage for the concert, then picked it all up and hauled it to the Wilson Theater the next week for our "Sounds of the Season" concert. Our spare decorations got plenty of use this year. The back of my van still bears the evidence in the form of glitter and tree 'droppings'!

Todd's Solo

Todd and his good buddy Reegan!

Todd and Mrs. Garner (his music teacher). Thanks for all your hard work, Mrs. Garner!

All the 4th and 5th graders of Rupert Elementary.

Todd sang a solo tonight in the joint 4th grade/5th grade Patriotic Program for his school. He sang "Let There Be Peace on Earth". He did an AMAZING job!!!! We are so proud of him. He worked really hard on it and received many, many compliments. Good job, bud. You're growing up so quickly. It's hard to believe you'll recieve the priesthood this year.

I noticed tonight, as he was getting ready for the concert, that he is changing all of a sudden. There's hardly any little boy left in him. I'm sad and happy about that at the same time. The years are flying by too quickly.

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Hee-Hee

Regan and Todd surprised and delighted us all with a hilarious Rap rendition of Jingle Bells. I love how embarassed Todd is as he beat-boxes in the background. Unfortunately, I only caught the very end of the act, but some is better than none!

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Show Stoppers

Todd is performing again this year with the "Show Stoppers". They have been performing in various Christmas programs and concerts around the community. He's doing a great job and gaining a lot of confidence in dance and just being on stage in general. How hilarious are these suits???! I told him to save it for Halloween and he can be a gangster (or maybe a pimp?).

Caring and Sharing Christmas

Kate got to sing with the rest of the first grade at our town's "Caring and Sharing Christmas" (it's basically a festival of trees). She's on the front row with a dark dress and white tights on. Not a great photo, but you get the idea. She did a wonderful job. She knew every word and sang out loud and clear and perfectly on pitch. Way to go Kate!

Rupert 4th of July Festivities

As many of you know, Rupert has a full week of fun 4th of July festivities to enjoy. Beginning this Monday and continuing through the end of the week, the town square will be awash with entertainment and food booths galore. Each night there are free concerts and Monday is the big fireworks extravaganza. There is also PBA Bullriding and a carnival at the fairgrounds. Monday night's concert will be The Parrotheads (a Jimmy Buffet cover band), Wednesday night is some country singer that was on the Nashville circuit last year, and Thursday night is the big Patriotic Program. You may have noticed that I left out Tuesday night. That's because that night is reserved for local talent. This year our family has been asked to provide a 1/2 hour of entertainment from 8:00-8:30 pm. We're working hard to get a program together that will be entertaining (fingers crossed). The kids are going to sing some of the music they're preparing for music camp (Kate will sing "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" and "Zipadeedoodah", Todd will sing "I Won't Grow Up" (with backups from Kate), and "It's Possible" (from Seussical), then they will sing "Fifty Nifty United States", "Solla Sollew" with me, and the family will sing "America", I will be singing a few on my own including "Someone Like You" (from Jekyll and Hyde), "Popular" (from Wicked), "Over the Rainbow", and "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" (with Brad). We're still kicking around a few other ideas, so if anyone has a great suggestion I'm all ears. Anyway, if you're over Rupert-way next week you better stop by and enjoy a little slice of Americana. This week is one of my favorite parts of living in Rupert. It feels like stepping onto the set of Pleasantville.