My Reward

This is my reward for having meetings at 7:30 am on Sunday.

Not a bad view of the sunrise. Everyone sleeping in missed it!

Lego Movie

Ethan really, really, really wanted to see the new Lego movie. The kids had an early out day on Monday (teacher training) so we decided to go to the movie. The only time that would work for us was 2:20 and it was in 3D but the kids loved it!

I had a coupon for a free drink so Ethan got that one and then I bought Courtney a kids popcorn deal. 

They really liked the movie and we were out in time for Courtney's piano lesson! Great early out activity.

Courtney's Choir Concert

Courtney had a choir concert last night at Dixie State University.  It was a combined concert with the Cache Valley Children's Choir from Logan and the Lava Ridge Intermediate School 6th Grade Honors Choir.  Since the Cache Valley Choir had just come in from Logan all the kids had to be there early so they could rehearse before the concert began.  We dropped Courtney off at 6:20 and then went and ran some errands.  When we got back at about 6:35, the place was PACKED!  We were lucky to find 3 seats together and my parents had to sit on the row behind us.

They did a great job.  Here are the videos of the songs that Courtney was involved in.  Courtney is on the front row just to the left of the girl with white sleeves.  Courtney is closer to the director than to the right side.  I hope you can find her.

O Music (this is all the choirs combined):

Circle 'Round the Moon:

We Will:

Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet (combined with all the choirs):

It was a very good concert and it wasn't too long, although the group from Logan sang about 7 songs.

Lava Ridge Choir Concert

It's the end of the trimester so Ethan's choir teacher had a concert for the parents.  It was during school time so she did one in the morning and then did it again in the afternoon.  So Ethan got to skip Math class, but apparently they didn't excuse him because both Bryan and I got text messages saying that Ethan had an unexcused absence.  The school even called our home phone and my cell phone to make sure I knew.

Bryan, my parents and I went to the concert in the morning but my phone was being dumb and wouldn't video tape very much.  So I grabbed out old video camera and went back in the afternoon to tape it.

We were a bit concerned when all the kids got in their places because Ethan looks SO SHORT!  He seems really tall amongst the kids in our neighborhood but then to see him with all his peers, he was really short.  Then we realized that the first 2 rows were the 6th graders and the last 2 rows were the 7th graders.  So he was surrounded by 7th graders.  So he is still pretty tall amongst the 6th graders.  That made me feel better.

The concert was a medley of songs through the ages.  It was originally written for high school level singers and has 32 songs in it.  So it was about 30 minutes long!  But they did a great job in just the few short months they had to learn it all.  The teacher had a slide show going in the back that had photos of the kids in it.  It was fun to see Ethan goofing off with his friends.

Here are the videos of the concert.  Sorry if they are a bit grainy.  I have marked the videos that have Ethan's favorite songs in them.  For some reason, these kids really liked singing BonJovi songs!

Intro to "Rockin' America":

Rock Around the Clock, Hound Dog, Tutti Fruitti (which made them laugh) and Puppy Love:

Land of a Thousand Dances:

Revolution, Magic Carpet Ride, Good Vibrations, I feel the Earth Move, I am Woman (really hilarious to watch the boys sing this one, it starts at 3:05), Your Mama Don't Dance:

Dust in the Wind:

Higher Love, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Good Lovin':

Uptown Girl, Since U Been Gone:

Every Breath You Take (which Ethan calls the "Stalker Song"), You Give Love a Bad Name (this was their favorite song and you can tell by the way they sing it):

I love Rock 'n' Roll, We Will Rock You, Everything I Do I Do it For You:

Smart Me Up, Smells Like Teen Spirit (yes, my son sang a Nirvana song):

It's My Life, Drift Away:

We Got the Bear, All I Wanna Do:

Twist and Shout, Joy to the World:

Hey Ya!, Rock and Roll All Night (this video is from my phone because the camera ran out of memory):

I hope you enjoyed the concert!!

Courtney's Reaction

This was Courtney's reaction when I told her Ethan had finished the Articles of Faith:

NO! NO!!!!!

The Park

The kids got really bored in Presidents Day so we went to the Fire Station Park. Courtney wanted to go to another park but Ethan didn't want to go there so I took them to the Fire Station Park. After they got over being mad at me they had a great time!

Ethan twisted around on some of the equipment. He actually got a bit nauseous and didn't want dinner later. But we had fun and it was a gorgeous day.

Awards

An awards ceremony for the Reflections contest was held. Courney got her certificate along with a $5 gift coin to Targwt for being a school winner. Then the kids got ice cream bar and were sent back to class.