The end of blogging for me...

I've been pretty awful about keeping up with blogging as you well know by now. I've decided it's time to let it go. One of the big reasons is that I'm moving into a very busy year. I'm homeschooling my two boys and loving it. But I'm also going to be starting my own classes on Oct 1. I'm taking a certificate program in Arranging Music from Berklee College which means I'll be working pretty intensely on that for the next year or so. And I'm still giving music lessons one full day a week plus involved in leading a worship team. Plus, one of our pastors is launching a new CD and has asked me to be part of his band in his concert coming up this fall.

I'm excited about all of this - I love what I do and I can't wait to learn more music! As you can see, I've got all kinds of opportunity to put it to good practical use and so it's exciting. Currently, I'm busy getting ready: I ordered a new music notation software and new music books for teaching lessons; I'm learning the ins and outs of my new keyboard and amp, I bought a new recording microphone and stand and I spent quite a few hours notating a part for a violin for the CD concert. Tonight, I'm sorting out what I'll be doing with the keyboard to get ready for tomorrow night's practice.

Blessings to all of you who continue to check in with me now and then. You have been a source of friendship and encouragement over the time I've been blogging. Blogging's been fun and who knows.... maybe I'll meet you here again some day.

We had a homeschool "Not back to school" outing in the last week of August. It was a full day by the time we toured the T-Rex Center at Eastend, the museum and then the reptile museum there. That was all good but the highlight was the hot dog roast and visiting at the Pine Cree Park. This picture is taken at the T-Rex Center - we're learning about fossils and are just about to do some digging of our own through dirt for little bones, teeth or whatever we can find!

Flying by...

L's dad phoned early one morning and said there's a balloon flying by in the west. I had no idea what he was talking about but we all went to look and here's what we saw flying by our yard...not a familiar sight in the country I can assure you!