Our Spring Flowers

One of the Young Women in our ward saw how beautiful our flowers were in the spring, and asked if she could come over and take some pictures for her photography class. Here is what she captured:

Papa doesn't just plant any old bulb! He finds the most beautiful ones that he can. Our yard looks like Holland in the spring!

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!