Hello to everyone! It's been a long time since I've blogged - I'm long overdue on this. We've had a lot of exciting things going on in our lives and I've been kept pretty busy!
Kentucky winter certainly has kept us on our toes (or our butts) and has made life interesting, too. As many of you know about the ice storm, I will just tell you our perspective on it. It was amazingly beautiful but incredibly destructive. We heard many thunderous crashes and our streets were messes of split apart trees. Thankfully, we were among those who did not lose power because our lines are buried in this neighborhood. I took a couple of pictures that don't necessarily capture it. Every detail of every bush, branch, leaf, pine needle, holly berry, fencepost, etc... was encased thickly in ice. I really wish I had brought my camera on a walk a few days after the ice storm - right before it all melted. It was a bright sunny day and all the trees looked like they were studded with diamonds. I have never seen anything quite like it in all my years of beautiful Minnesota winters. Anyway, we've not only had ice - we've also had some pretty decent snow this year. It comes and goes more quickly than Minnesota, of course, and I almost missed getting a picture of my kid's first Kentucky snowman before he melted.
In early February, we finally found out about the fine arts magnet school that Ruth had auditioned for. She not only was selected but according to someone we know from our church who works there she was put on their "prodigy" list. I guess that just means they think she has exceptional gifting. It was difficult for Ruthie to consider being in a school next year when she's a very comfortable little home-school girl (plenty of time for snuggling up with Nancy Drew.) And as of yet Rachel has not auditioned and will be home, which will be different for Rachel and Ruth not to be doing the same thing - Rachel may try next year for her sixth grade year because two spots open up for sixth graders. But when all was said and done, Ruth was the one to check the "accept" box on the card we were to send in and I think she's mostly excited about it. We've been visiting half-day kindergarten options for Joe (which are all private) so we will see what happens in the world of financial aid!
On Valentine's Day, Rachel and Ruth gave their first recital with just the two of them - solo cello and solo violin. It was their Suzuki "book" recital - Ruth, book 1, and Rachel, book 3. I had the honor of accompanying them and they both did an amazing job. It was a lot of hard work and preparation, but was a good experience for all of us. Ruth knew her book one pieces so well that her teacher had suggested having the audience pick hearts out of a basket with titles of the works on them and reading them out. That was fun, and of course the girls enjoyed making the valentine treats with Mommy for the reception almost as much as performing. (maybe more?)
Our performing wasn't done that weekend when the recital was over. We had a variety show at our church and Rachel played piano, Ruth played cello, the girls did a skit with some other kids, Tim did the sound board, and I - well, I lived out a teenage fantasy. I dressed as much as I could like 80's pop star, Debbie Gibson (who actually tended more 50's sometimes in her outfits) and performed her hit "Lost in Your Eyes" with the live band backing me up. I had way too much fun doing that. :)
Our next performance as a family will be March 12 for the Young At Heart group at our church. Tim and I plan to play a duet, we'll have the girls play their instruments and we'll just do their evening music program as a family. Fun stuff - I look forward to doing this kind of thing more as our family grows and the kids' skills grow.
After all the talk of Rachel and Ruth and music performances, I have to say that my Joseph has put in some good basketball performances for a boy his age. He made his first basket in an actual game a couple of weeks ago! I am a proud Momma! He's such a cute little 5-year old ball player and he is playing on a team right now of other cute little players. It's so fun to watch those little guys play. Sometimes you wonder how many legs the ball will go through before someone gets it or why some guy is blocking his own teammate or going to shoot on the wrong side of the court, but next thing you know they are doing so amazingly well for their age, the laughter stops and the cheering begins. Joe's a pretty good shot, too. It's just taking time for him to familiarize himself with how a game actually works, but he's getting better all the time.
I realize I bragged on everyone but Rebekah in this blog. My Bekah's claim to her Mommy's heart right now is that during her nasty stomach sickness of this past week she made doubly sure that I get a new couch. Thanks, Bek! Seriously, though, you all know how I love my baby.
God bless and keep in touch!
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