Friday, December 31, 2010
Wasatch Christmas Choir Concert
Will is in the top row, fourth one in.
We got to see Will perform for the first time with his new choir. We loved the instrumental group and both choirs. Choice of music was delightful, and the kids did a bang-up job even on their "challenge" piece. I think it was a Haydn. This next one is from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Pie Jesu. I've loved hearing Will sing it around the house:
There were only two problems with the concert. One was Joss. He was a demon despite my having brought in a coloring book and crayon. Two was our camera. The wee video function is just not up to all of our performers!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Maddie's Christmas Concert
Maddie's on the left, about four girls in.
We had a week of performances before the kids got out of school. First was Maddie's orchestra concert [though Maddie refers to it always as "dorkestra"]. They played a Jingle Bells and Carol of the Bells and a piece called Santa Goes To The Symphony with excerpts from Christmas carols and well known orchestral pieces.
Mercifully, Maddie came first on the program, because Joss made it through only two of her pieces before having to be carried out. We called it a night after her group was done. I'm so glad we got to see her! Her confidence and sight reading have improved a lot, and I love the fact that now she's practicing for a grade!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Boxes are Open
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Gumdroppapalooza

Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Second Advent
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Sebastian's 2010 Letter
Dear santa. I have been not so good these week's. but now I will be verey good if I kan So please can you bring me some legoes and a air soft gun and duck tape.
Monday, December 06, 2010
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Calgon Weekend Part II
Saturday, December 04, 2010
The Calgon Weekend: Jen & MA's Twentieth Reunion

We ate at Zoom, the Sundance restaurant in Park City. Yum! It was fabulous and we both waddled away. We had breakfast at Squatters, a brewery (which made Jen suspicious "Utahns eat breakfast in a brew pub? What kind of state is this?"). We ventured out to mexican in a blizzard and found our own breakfast place on Main Street. We ate so well that we only had two meals a day!
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
A Holiday Rant
Monday, November 29, 2010
Will Goes Double Digits
Sunday, November 14, 2010
To Nerdly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before....



It all started with Sebi. He is half Vulcan, it seems, and on any given day he already looks uncannily like the young Spock in the most recent Star Trek movie. All he needed for the full transition: some ears, of course, and the appropriate haircut by our favorite BYU Barber-ella, La Gwen. From there, Will identified with bossy bad-boy Kirk, Maddie loved the hot, brilliant new Uhura. Joss just had to go along with things, although he probably would have rather dressed up as Mater from "Cars."

Friday, November 12, 2010
St. Martin's Lanterns
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Teton Canyon
Monday, November 08, 2010
Grand Teton National Park

Sunday, November 07, 2010
Driggs & Jackson Hole

Thursday, November 04, 2010
See If You Can Do Better
Will looked a little sheepish when he found out why we were all laughing in the living room. I expect he'll have forgotten by this weekend, though!
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Projects for Joss
First I made this sweater. For some reason Joss doesn't have many clothes in his size. I don't know if I gave away all of his brothers' or if they'd been chewing on them and I tossed them out. In any case, he needed some clothes for fall and for church, and so I made this out of the supply of yarn I inherited from Oma. The pattern comes from Minnow Knits, Too and they were right: it looks more complicated than it is. I don't usually do patterns, but this one was very easy to keep track of.
Rob informed me that Joss needed a hat while we were out of town, so I made this for him with no pattern, yarn on hand, and one circular needle. Rob insisted that it had to cover his ears, so there it is. We'll see if he ever wears it.
Finally, I made this one for him, using leftovers for the stripes and the same pattern my mother used to use for John's sweaters. I altered it to make it a rollneck, but I confess I still haven't figured out how to keep the bottom hem from rolling up to his belly button. Perhaps a few rows of ribbing right near the end with a little roll below it?