Fiddle Concert April 2009

What is Goldie Missing? Where is her BOW?? Everybody knows that a true violinist cannot fiddle without a BOW!! It seems that Goldie had done a good deed and lent her bow to someone earlier in the concert, and when it was her turn, alas, she had no bow! But never fear, another one was located and the show went on! Whew!

Also included on this video is the braiding of the Maypole. We have not quite figured out how to edit our videos properly. Oh well, enjoy it all or just tune in for the parts you would like to see.

Here are some pics of the Fiddle Concert:

Goldie with her group class and with her teacher.

Goldie's First May Day 2006

The weather was much better in 2006!! When Goldie wears a green dress, the weather is beautiful!! Any other color and we have rain!

Rainy, Rainy, May Day

Another May Day has come and gone and we can hardly believe that this is Goldie's fourth time to braid the Maypole! This year was a rainy one, and we held it in the Stake Center. (Thank goodness! One year they danced in a snowstorm!!) We just love this sweet little tradition in this quaint little town that we call home. Here are some of the highlilghts of our day:

Here is Goldie on her way to May Day.

Mama made her dress, curled her hair, and sent her on her way!!

Goldie and her partner. This girl is actually in Mama's class this year! This is the first time Goldie has been able to dance with one of Mama's students! They both thought this was pretty cool!

After everything is said and done, the girls unbraid the Maypole. This is VERY seroius business! We can't stop to smile... OH NO!

It is so much fun to share the day with good buddies!

Merry, Merry, May Day!

School Pictures

Here they are! The new school pictures for 2008-09. Poor Papa doesn't get to have his picture taken. Doesn't Goldie look grown up? What happened to our little baby? Now she is Mama's grown up little buddy. Wow!

Some "Astounding" Video

Wow!! Mama is really on a roll! Now she figured out how to put a video on the blog! The extent of her intelligence is astounding!!

This video was taken at Noni's farewell recital. Nonie is the second violin teacher we have lost to "graduate school." Goldie was playing this piece just for her!

Then the video jumps to a scene at Grammy's house! ENJOY!

Goldie's Baptism

It took Mama a bit of time, but she finally figured out how to make a slide show on the blog!! Cool, huh? She felt it was about time to blog about Goldie's Baptism Day. It was on March 29, and what a beautiful day it was! It is evident by the georgious pictures in the slide show. After her baptism, Mama asked Goldie how she felt, and she said that she felt empty inside. Mama tried not to panic as feeling "empty" was not what she expected hear. So, she asked Goldie just what she meant by that and she said, "I feel empty of sins!" Whew! All is not lost! Mama and Papa are so proud of their little Goldie and the decision she made to be baptized!

The BIG 40!

Well, Mama hoped that the day would never come, but on September 26, 2008 she turned the BIG 40!! Here are some of the comments she heard from her 4th graders:

"Wow! You don't look that old!"

"At least you're not 50!"

"Yea, my grandma is 50 and she has lots of wrinkles, but you don't have any!"

When Mama arrived at school that morning, she found that her classroom had been invaded by some very overly excited decorators who just could not help but rub in the fact that Mama is now "Over the Hill!!" Never mind the message on the wreath that says, "Bee kind, feelings are everywhere!" The night before Mama's birthday, she should have realized that Papa was acting a little bit strange. But since strange is sort of normal for Papa, Mama was totally blindsided! Around 9:30 Papa declaired that he had to go out and water something in the yard. That is not so out of the ordinary for Papa, but Mama insisted on feeding him first. It was a little strange when someone honked outside, and Papa hopped right up and just HAD to get out and water right then and there! He did not even finish eating! Now THAT was weird, but Mama didn't think anything of it! Little did she know that Papa and her neighbor friend had taken her keys and escaped to the school! It was not until the next morning when she saw what they had done to her classroom that she put two and two together. She was amazed that Papa had kept his little secret for so long! He did tell Goldie, though! He just could not keep it from her! That evening, they met up with Grammy and Grandpy at Red Lobster. What a feast! Grammy and Grampy insisted that Mama wear a black ribbon declaring her age. Once it was on, Goldie would not let her take it off! The nice crew at RL gave Mama a lovely roll with a candle in it for her Birthday treat. Yipee! While reflecting on her BIG 40 Mama thought it was interesing that MOST of the people who made such a BIG deal over all of this were actually OLDER than Mama.... hmmmm... Something to ponder.