Yet Another Band Concert and an Awards Ceremony

It's that time of the year. We're starting to have all the "end of the school year" activities. It certainly has been busy doing all this and then baseball on top of that. Every night seems to be either ball practice, a game, or something at school. Even with all the chaos, it's a lot of fun.

Well, some things are fun. I actually had homework from Jordan's teacher last week. Imagine that. I thought I was done with homework...well...FOREVER. I'm not talking about just helping kids with homework. I mean actually having to DO a homework assignment. I had to write a biography of Jordan's life, and it had to be at least 1 1/2 pages long. I found that lots of pictures help with the length (lol).

It really wasn't all that bad once I got over my "writer's block." The memories of high school term papers came rushing back: sitting at the kitchen table for hours the night before a paper was due.....hearing the click of the typewriter (yes, a typewriter)....smelling the strong odor of white-out and hoping I didn't have to retype a page...whew. That's enough to make anyone sweat.

My writing contribution is only a portion of Jordan's "All About Me" project. I hope he gets an "A." I hope my paper gets "A." How humiliating this could be.

On to bigger and better topics. Jordan had his last band concert of the year last Thursday. It was quite entertaining, and obvious that his class has been hard at work. This video is a combined effort of the 7th, 8th, and high school bands. I think they sound much better than last time. Jordan is in the trumpet section. If you look closely to the left of the conductor, you can see him.

We went to an Awards Ceremony at the Middle School last night. Both Jordan and Josh got certificates for making the honor roll the last 3 grading periods. Jordan got an additional award for outstanding work in social studies. I'm so proud of the boys and their achievements. They both have certainly worked hard this year to keep their grades up. This isn't always easy with additional activites, like boy scouts and sports. Here is a pic of the boys with their friends, who also got awards. The pictures I took during the ceremony didn't turn out great, because the lighting was poor. I got this picture after the ceremony was over.

What a great looking group of kids :)