Extracurricular activities

Trevor and Carson - running buddies

Trevor has had a great season so far in cross country and he has met all of his personal goals. He has many friends on the team and that makes it fun - and competitive!

This was the ASC fun Run / Pancake Breakfast. Todd and I helped with the pancakes while Trevor was busy running the race and beating everyone kids and adults!! His past cross country coach was sad that he changed schools!

Brandon just marched in his first High School football game!! It was awesome! He and the whole band have worked SO HARD and it was nice for them to see their efforts paying off. I cant believe how grown up he is!! Speaking of that - he just hit the 6 ft mark!! He had a lot of fun and they did a great job. If you care - in the field pic he is on the rt hand side 35ydline 5th from the front! LOL.

They played Todd's high school, Doherty and beat them 27-0! He was suprised to see them in blue and not green. Are schools allowed to change colors? lol At least they are still the Spartans.

Band season starts for Todd

Todds first concert of the summer was over Memorial day weekend. They have a new leader and they are playing some cool new songs (when we go to all of his concerts year after year it is nice to hear some new stuff.) He had a concert today too. He is trying to convince Brandon to join him this summer in the town band. We will see. Anyway, it has been a great outlet for Todd.

Wrapping up the school year for Trevor

Trevor had a good year in band and learned a lot from his new band teacher who also plays the trombone.ght that Mr L was really cool because besides playing the trombone and 4 other instruments he at one time lived in Hollywood and was actually one of the monster/ creatures in the "Thriller" video and he also was the voice for Kermit the Frog for a few years. Anyhow, the band played at the graduation march for the school's 8th grade. It really sounded great! I will post a video later.

Trevor and his friend Carson earned their Arrow of Light awards together at his last pack meeting. I cant believe he is finished with Cubs. And I thought I was but not with my calling - the joke is on me!! Anyhow Trevor is excited for 11 yr old scouts and all that it brings. We are so grateful to have wonderful leaders!

Trevors last official field day as a paticipant. Next year he will help to run the show.

The 5th graders got to go bowling and go to the movie "Earth"
I was a chaperone.

Last few weeks of school for B

Brandon receives his Life Scout Award plus a whole bunch of other badges. He actually earned it a few months ago but they just had his court of honor.

Last dayof 7th grade

Brandon was awarded the most artistic in his team. He also made the honor roll.

Brandon made it on a yearbook page as he and Andrew were celebrating the opening of the new middle school.

Brandon's Band Concert

Mesa's 7thgr band

Of course he is in the back and next to the tuba girl so we could hardly see him!

The band boys!

Brandon has really had a great 7th grade year and has loved playing in the band. He has an excellent band leader and Brandon has greatly improved this year. He is seriously thinking about joining the townband with Todd - although we may have to wait until his Eagle Scout project is finished up. That is consuming his time right now.

Look for Brandon's trombone slide moving behind the tuba.

Trevor's Busy Night

Last night Trevor had a band concert. He did a great job. His new band director plays the trombone so that is very cool for Trevor. As soon as that was over we raced over to the church for Trevor's last Pinewood Derby. He worked really hard on the car and he got some great tips from our home teacher. Good enough tips I guess to have him win 1st place out of all of the Webelos and went on to the final. I think he got 3rd or 4th in that. I had to leave to go to the stk center for a meeting so I didnt catch the results. On our way to the church Trevor said that we need to have another brother so that we can go to more Pinewood Derbies. I told him he would have to wait for his own kids. By the way his car was shaped like a Subway sandwich --$5 footlong! Everyone else went for the traditional racecar. Where is their creativity?

Brandon's Middle School Band

Last Wednesday, Brandon had his first big middle school band concert. I say big because even though he actually was in middle scool last year, the band program at his new school far exceeds the old one. We do appreciate what he did learn last year, but this is SO much better!! Anyhow, they had several of the elementary schools join for a 6th grade band performance and then Brandon walked in with his 7th grade band. They sounded great!!

His performance was recorded by his brother --in true Trevor form. The ony reason he recorded it was because I had the bigger videocamera which is still on VHS tapes. If you tend to get dizzy - just listen, dont watch. Then the 8th graders played and then the High school played. Brandon's group got to play the fight song with them like they did at the football game. Brandon was so excited and it was great to have the older kids there to get them excited for marching band!!

(You will want to go down and pause my music at the end of my blog so you can hear the band - if you are brave enough to listen!!)

Brandon Plays with the Big Boys

This past Friday Brandon and his middle school band got the chance to practice and play with
the High School band before and during a football game. He had such a great time. Trevor and Christen and I were able to watch him. I was so excited to take some great pictures of him and then I realized there was no battery in my camera. I was so frustrated! I thought about going home to get it but didnt. I met one of the other band moms and she let me take a few pics. The only problem was that I jiggled somehow and they didnt come out too great. UHG! She didnt have the viewbox thing on (So I went for the special effects for this one)

Anyhow, he was so excited. They got to practice marching on the field and then had sectionals with them and ate dinner. Then they all played in the pep band. His trombone was a novelty because they dont march with trombones at this school. He was able to try out a baratone which is what he will play just for marching and some of the kids played his trombone. (with their own mouthpieces) I guess they march in a tight formation and the trombones are too dangerous -- slides flailing around hitting people. He will still play his trombone for concert band and jazz band.

Then at half time the middle school went out to the field with the HS band and all played the fight song. It was fun to watch. Too bad I dont have a little video clip to share. The Huskies won which was exciting and we had a great night. I havent been to a HS football game in say 20 years! I think we have a lot in our future though!!