Back To School

The girls are all back in school. I think that this will be a great school year!

Caiti is still taking voice lessons and is starting back in piano lessons as well. She is thinking about dropping out of Laytones. I think she has decided to give it a try the first semester and see how it goes! It all comes down to that teacher. It is time for that man to move on! Choir should be fun! Well anyway that is my opinion! She tried out for the school play "Lend Me A Tenor", and got the part of Maria! Yea! The play is in November and they started rehearsals a couple of weeks ago. Caiti is taking German. She is very interested in it! She really wants to learn Norwegian but nobody teaches it around here. German will have to do!


Abby is taking voice lessons and piano lessons. She is in Central Singers this year and is the Soprano president for her class. She's exited about that! She has seemed to adjust quite well this year and is doing great so far! 8th grade is so much more fun then 7th! Abby is taking Spanish 2 this year. She does really well with it! It's fun for Chad to help her and it helps him to brush up on his spanish! Abby is doing a lot of babysitting. Kids really like her! She is babysitting for her piano teacher every monday after school. She's really raking in the dough!

Ellie wants to play basketball this year! I need to sign her up tomorrow. I think it will be really fun for her. She has already had a lot of homework. It is a big change from last year! I think 5th grade can be a bit challenging, but she will do just great! She is such a sweet girl. She loves to be home and would rather not have to go to school.

I am starting a new part time job tomorrow. I will be working at our elementary school in Special Education as a Teacher Aid. It is 17 1/2 hours a week. I think I will enjoy it! It will be nice to work while the girls are at school and be off when they are. I really want to just be a mom but I think this job will be ideal! I just can't believe how expensive everything is getting! It will be nice to contribute a little bit to our family budget! I'll try it this school year and see how it goes!

Chad has experienced a lot of changes at work. They have had a ton of lay-offs and that has been very trying! One good thing however is that he is now working 4- 10 hour days. His days at work seem long but it's nice for him to have that extra day at home. He's able to unwind a little better and get some things done around the house. He even went and hit some golf balls, he hasn't done that for years! We will see how that works out. Chad has also been riding the commuter train to work and he loves it! He can't imagine having to drive to work now!

"Singin' in the Rain"

Caiti was in Singin' in the Rain this summer. It was sponsored by the Davis Arts Council. She did a great job. She played the part of Zelda Zanders. Her friend Eric Etter was in it with her. They had a pretty good time except for the stage manager who was a control freak! I think it was a good experience for her. I'll post a few pictures. We found out half way through the play that we were not allowed to take pictures. (oh well!) So these are the pictures that I got to take!

"Alabama Jones and the Lord of the Thing"

Music Camp- July 2008

Music Camp was once again the highlight of our summer! The girls did a great job and had so much fun! They started out the night with "Beach Party Blast" And sang songs like Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride, and Surfin' U.S.A!

Then they performed "Alabama Jones and the Lord of Thing". It was a hit! Ellie played the part of a "habit". Abby was an evil "Naz girl"named Naztella, and Caiti was the Villian, Sorowomen the Hot Pink! Caiti had a lot of fun playing the Villian. I think some people were shocked that she she could play the evil part so well! The girls did great at thier parts! It was fun and we cannot wait until next year!

Chris Harmon (Caiti's voice teacher) and Carol Balaich are the directors of Music Camp. They are such wonderful assets to our community. Music Camp gives the children such a great opportunity to share their talents and work hard on something worthwhile. Every community should be so lucky!