HHHS Band Christmas concert 12/3/17, part 1

Here is the first four songs of the high school band (Marcus).  It's a big band and fills the stage.  Pretty cool to see. Enjoy listening!

HHMS Honor Band 12/3/17

The full Honor Band, sounding terrific.

HHMS Honor Band Brass Ensemble 12/3/17

Continuing with the concert uploads: the middle school honor band brass ensemble

Halloween 2017

\This year was a year that we actually put some effort into the Halloween costumes.  I know, surprising, since this is one of my least favorite holidays.  But, it's for the kids and they had a good time.

Kella's 3 headed dog costume turned out great.  Thanks to my friend, Amanda, for the idea.

Then, we have Liam Potter.

And, Kinley Kitty.

Here is the crew before the older ones ran off with their friends.  Cale dressed as the Phantom from Phantom of the Opera (my suggestion as he was looking for a last minute costume) and Ewan was Thor.  I even got/forced him to wear a beautiful blond wig for the pictures.  

So pretty.

Andy did a great job finishing up some very last minute pumpkin carving.  Then, he helped pass out candy and got to walk Kella to some houses.

We finished the evening by watching the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and eating lots of candy.

more time with Kinley

Kinley get a fair amount of 1 on 1 time.  She also is pretty good about letting me take her picture.  

Of course, we jump on our beds.  It's so much fun.

And, we have tea parties with the dolls.  

HHMS 7th grade band 12/3/17

Here and following are the 3 songs that the 7th grade band (Cale) performed at their Christmas concert.  No video as I was more concerned about just getting the audio recorded.  Enjoy!

HHMS 7th grade band 12/3/17 song #2

HHMS 7th grade band 12/3/17 song #3

got this new camera, and....

My lovely purple camera was finally replaced this fall by a beautiful red camera that sat in it's box for probably 3 weeks before I had time to take the camera out and start figuring out how to use it.  Since then, it has taken another several months to download some of the pictures to share.  But, here they are.  The pictures show some cute kids, but the photographer has some learning to do with the new gadget. 

Kinley at her preschool pumpkin patch field trip in October.  The day was drizzly and cold and I was not sad when the director said they were going back to the preschool to eat their sack lunches.  Kinley and I bailed on the group and had a lovely lunch at the golden arches.

Also in October, apparently a much nicer day, was Cale and Ewan's last soccer game of the season.  They played on the same rec-plus team this year, which meant that Ewan played up an age group.  

I think these are both pictures of Ewan-the shoes seem to look the same, at least.  I love trying to take "action shots".  

The team.  Cale and Ewan had fun and didn't want it to end.  No complaints from the parents, though.  I'm hoping they get the team back together for the spring season.

Also, I remember we took the kids out to eat after the game.  We went to the Mexican restaurant in Noblesville and might have alarmed the staff when the 8 of us walked in.  A fun memory, for sure.