Guitar Recital

Drue has been taking guitar lessons for a few months. A great friend of ours told her that if she got a guitar, she would teach her to play. We went out and bought her a guitar from Wal-Mart for her birthday. It works well but is not the best sounding (the last two strings make more of a twang sound). You see, we didn't want to invest a whole lot of money in case she didn't really like it. I remember taking piano lessons!!!

She and another girl from the virtual academy take lessons together. Her teacher decided to have a recital for the girls. It was so sweet. They took turns playing songs with the teacher singing and then played one all together at the end. They both did a wonderful job. After the recital, she asked if she could get a nicer guitar. After all her hard work, and a conversation with her dad, he has decided to purchase her a nicer guitar. Now I am researching and looking for a nice one, not too expensive, not too big--and have no idea what I am doing.

I have a video, but it is taking forever to upload. I will try again another time. I don't really have time to wait right now.

Rail Road Park

On the front of the train with Daniel.
Such a cute picture I just couldn't pass it up! She was actually disobeying me by sneaking into the front of the train.
In the cattle car.

A friend and I took our kids to the rail road park in Scottsdale. They had a great time. The weather was a little warm. It was in the upper 90's I believe. They played for hours on the playground and then we rode the train. The younger kids (all but Drue) rode in the cattle car. When we first took off a little boy sitting with his mom yelled at me and said, "Your little girl is crying." That mom looked in the car and saw that Lukas was holding her and trying to calm her. She eventually settled down. She ended up enjoying the train ride. We will try and go back when the weather is cooler.

Individual Photos

Drue 10
Lukas 6
Samuel 3
Launa 2
All 4! Three participating.

We went the railroad park and attempted to get some pictures of the kids. I think the sun was too bright. We will try again when the sun isn't so bright.

Way to Go Drue!

Drue was enrolled in Title I Math through the Virtual Academy. The program gave away Dairy Queen gift certificates to the students in each class that completed the most Study Island games. Study Island is an internet program that prepares the students for the AIMS test. Anyway, she won in her class and received $10. She took us out and still has $2 left. On another note, she did so well on her AIMS test this year that they promoted her out of Title I. We are so proud of how well she is doing in math now.

Toy Museum

Lukas and his robot
Samuel and his robot
Drue and Lukas playing Manacala
Launa playing Manacala
Drue's robot

The kids and I went to a toy museum for a field trip. They had all kinds of toys and games. A lot of the museum was hands on. They had a lot of fun. These robots were felt covered squares and they had buckets of toys with velcro on the backs. There were four robots to be decorated.

Drue's Soccer

Well, soccer season is over and we have since moved on to volleyball. But, here are the pictures from one of her soccer games. She has improved so much. This is her first year playing on an all girl team. She enjoyed it a lot more.