Well, we’ve finally gotten around to creating a photo album for our photos we took in New England over Christmas vacation. We had a very quick whirlwind trip, but we got to see (most of) the family and a quick trip down the cape to see Plymouth Rock and more. You can view the new [...]
This past Wednesday Ryan and I drove to Pittsburg, KS, to a reception honoring his dad. 25 years ago Gary started a 4-State Band Festival; a festival for high school kids to go to the Pitt State campus to play under guest conductors. We surprised Gary and Kenda – we never actually told them that [...]
Chelsea and her trio earned a I rating (the highest rating) at the State Ensemble Festival at Emporia last Saturday! Congratulations, Chelsea!!
My sister Chelsea is the principal violist for the Topeka Symphony Youth Orchestra – and she is only a junior! We are very proud of her and got to go to their last concert for the school year on Sunday. Unfortunately, Chelsea was sick! She has been overloaded with homework, essays, pit orchestra for the [...]
For those of you who have received our Christmas cards we must make a correction! The sentence that reads “Samantha completely replanted the landscaping…” should really read “Samantha and Susan completely replanted the landscaping…” My mom helped me replant the landscape, and I couldn’t have done it without her. It took three days straight and [...]
Grandma was sent home yesterday! She’s very happy to be home. Grandpa Roy is taking good care of her by cooking, cleaning, and helping her get in bed when she needs it (getting out of bed is the easy part!). She still has a way to go before she is completely back to normal but [...]
Grandma Betty is slowly but surely recovering. She is still bandaged and bruised but has been doing physical therapy several times daily. In fact, when Ryan and I visited her we walked with her as she was wheeled to the physical therapy “gym”. She has received lots of cards, flowers, visits, phone calls, and even [...]