Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Katie's New Instrument



Now that Katie is in 5th grade (can you believe it?) she gets to be in band.  For weeks now we have been bugging her about picking an instrument to play.  She hasn't been able to pick one...or so we thought.  Jason had taken her to our local music store where they have a room where Katie got to try out different instruments.  She fell in love with the trombone!  Yup...the trombone!  I was surprised too.  Then last weekend we went to a "musical instrument swap" at the high school where people sell their used instruments.  We found a great "beginner" trombone for $100 and had to get it.  It was that or lease a trombone from the music store.  So we figured it would save us money in the long run and Katie was PUMPED to have her very own shiny trombone.  I am excited that she wants to play an instrument!  Come on band concerts!  :)

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Yellowstone Trip












When Laura and Ben came to visit last weekend we all took a trip to Yellowstone.  It was beautiful!  We had a picnic lunch and walked to Morning Glory Pool.  We were able to see Grand Geyser erupt which it only does once a day.  I love Old Faithful but Grand is even more impressive and it erupts for a long time. We were almost going to give up waiting and leave....so glad we waited 5 more mintues.   It was a very fun day trip!