Grand Pianos Live

So, even though there is less evidence on this blog I really do love music and I love to perform. I was really happy when recently I was able to get on a stage. A real live stage where people could applaud when I was done - something I haven't done since before my mission. The experience was a lot of fun and I was mostly happy with how it went. Not perfect, but a good experience to get the taste of the stage again and remember how much I enjoy it. So without further comment I will share with you the video. Not the greatest angle, but I'm impressed by our little camera's sound. Hope it works. Also I have to put in a plug for William Joseph, who wrote the song and you should all go out and buy his CD because its really good.

P.S. Skip the first 15 sec. because I'm just talking and you can't hear it anyway :)

Halloween

So its been a really long time since I've blogged and if there's anyone who cares, I'm sorry. Its been a busy month, but I feel like my head is finally above water and I can get back into routine a little. I've intended on a few blog posts, so I'll combine all but one into this one. Complete with pictures :).

Just as an update from the last one, Matt was absolutely correct that getting in was difficult, in fact, they decided that it just wasn't for us, so we will not be going into the Marines. We're pretty sure his mom's prayers made that possible. For us, we're just waiting to see what direction that God takes us in. I'm sure it will work out.

So on to the topic at hand. I've never really liked Halloween (sorry I know lots of you love it) but this one has been a lot of fun. Our celebration began as we carved our pumpkin about a week too early, but we were both proud of it - being our first "fancy" pumpkin carving. It was a great family home evening. We also roasted the seeds - very yummy.

Next was the Masquerade. This was actually a week before Halloween, but it was my first formal dance with a date and I did actually enjoy it a ton. I'm glad I got to go with someone I really love though, not some random high school boy that wouldn't matter a year later. So all in all, not sad I never went to prom or anything, but very happy to be able to go to the masquerade. BTW, doesn't my date look attractive :).

Our ward did their Halloween party on Friday night, so we went to that after one of Matt's swim meets. It was a lot of fun. We dressed up as Smurfs, which turned out pretty well. We did a relay race at the party and I was proud of how we did. We were also pleasantly pleased that the blue Hawaiian punch mix we used for paint actually washed off pretty well.

And on Halloween itself we had a fondue party with some friends and Matt's sister. Fondue is good and we had fun with many different items and chocolate and cheese fondue. If anyone wants to do it I can recommend a menu - it was great. I forgot to take pictures during it, so here's our wonderfully cheesy (pun intended) posed one.

Afterwards Matt went and shot Nazi's with his friend (who knows?) and I went to a Halloween orchestra concert. It was a great ending to a good holiday. And we came home and cleaned-up the mess, which was actually also a lot of fun :) My husband is very helpful.