We have a ten piece band formed at work. I would describe the music as vaudevillian skiffle. The songs we play are mostly early American ragtime-jazz-blues (think roaring 20's), best described by the instruments involved: banjo, mandolin, resonator, washboard, snare drum, acoustic guitar, trombone, violin, tenor sax and alto sax (me). It's fun to play with a horn section again. Here's a countdown to our next show:
Nov 25, 2008
Nov 24, 2008
It's the End of November Already!
Wow, it has almost been a month since Halloween. Where has the time gone??? Now the countdown is on for Christmas and soon we'll be ringing in the New Year!
We are all doing great and this week especially full of "THANKS" for the goodness of the Lord in our lives and all of His many, many blessings. It was cute today to overhear the kids telling each other what they are thankful for -- unprompted and from the heart. Emerie is especially thankful "for her baby brother and her cousin Angel." Elias said, "I'm thankful for my pumpkin....and for my Papa." So sweet!
The kids had a blast playing in the leaves and getting Matt to blow on them with the leafblower!
My parents came for a visit a few weekends ago - what a great time we had together!
We loved seeing Michael and Candice - they live in Arizona now -- we miss them!!!
Family photos.....Finn is 7 months old and finally sitting up nice and sturdy!
We are all doing great and this week especially full of "THANKS" for the goodness of the Lord in our lives and all of His many, many blessings. It was cute today to overhear the kids telling each other what they are thankful for -- unprompted and from the heart. Emerie is especially thankful "for her baby brother and her cousin Angel." Elias said, "I'm thankful for my pumpkin....and for my Papa." So sweet!
The kids had a blast playing in the leaves and getting Matt to blow on them with the leafblower!
My parents came for a visit a few weekends ago - what a great time we had together!
We loved seeing Michael and Candice - they live in Arizona now -- we miss them!!!
Family photos.....Finn is 7 months old and finally sitting up nice and sturdy!
Nov 1, 2008
Halloween
It's Matt entering the halloween post. This is the first year that our kids are aware of October 31st. I don't think Eli would really have noticed it by himself but he watches Emme's every move and therefore he at least acts like he knows it's halloween. Anyways, the occasion isn't celebrated in the same way in Austria, or Europe for that matter, so this was the first year Emme grasped it. She saw the stores that pop up in the mall to sell costumes and props and the decorations on houses around the valley. One of our favorite things to hear Elias say was, "scary skeleton" whenever he saw this one skeleton hanging on a neighbor's door. He doesn't pronounce the "s" so it comes out, "cary keleton". Really cute.
We had a great time carving pumpkins with grandma and grandpa the night before halloween. Then, we met with a bunch of friends on halloween to have a crazy group dinner at Red Robin (hence no pictures of the group because we were chasing 40 kids around the restaurant!). After dinner, we went to Table Rock Fellowship for the second year for a really great Harvest Festival put on by the church. Cotton candy, inflatable castle structure, bean bag toss, cake walk, etc. This year they had paint balling for older kids and mixed martial arts cages. The one thing I escaped last year and didn't escape this year was the goldfish in a bag. The game was really difficult to win a fish so I was bummed when the guy gave a fish to Emme just for trying even after she failed the game! I was telling the guy, "those are the rules, she doesn't get a fish. You gotta follow the rules." Nope. Anyways, Emme asked where we were going to keep the fish at home and I said, "oh, we have a bowl for him (her?). It's porcelain with plenty of water for him to swim around in." Nonetheless, it was a fun evening with friends and our little family. Emme was Cinderella, Elias was Ironman and Finn was a Bear. Here are some pictures.
We had a great time carving pumpkins with grandma and grandpa the night before halloween. Then, we met with a bunch of friends on halloween to have a crazy group dinner at Red Robin (hence no pictures of the group because we were chasing 40 kids around the restaurant!). After dinner, we went to Table Rock Fellowship for the second year for a really great Harvest Festival put on by the church. Cotton candy, inflatable castle structure, bean bag toss, cake walk, etc. This year they had paint balling for older kids and mixed martial arts cages. The one thing I escaped last year and didn't escape this year was the goldfish in a bag. The game was really difficult to win a fish so I was bummed when the guy gave a fish to Emme just for trying even after she failed the game! I was telling the guy, "those are the rules, she doesn't get a fish. You gotta follow the rules." Nope. Anyways, Emme asked where we were going to keep the fish at home and I said, "oh, we have a bowl for him (her?). It's porcelain with plenty of water for him to swim around in." Nonetheless, it was a fun evening with friends and our little family. Emme was Cinderella, Elias was Ironman and Finn was a Bear. Here are some pictures.
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