End of Season Soccer Party

Saturday we went to Coach Hyiwot's house for a party to celebrate the boys' winning season. Alex's mom made a great soccer-ball cake. Everybody had fun, even Katie, who was the only girl in attendance.

Flag Day at Fort McHenry

A big group of us--Quiggs, Hagemasters, four-fifths of the McCanns, three-quarters of the Nemecs, and half of the Petersons--met at Fort McHenry for a Flag Day celebration this evening. We brought a picnic dinner, listened to patriotic music, played frisbee, and after dark watched fireworks. Tait met another superhero. It got pretty crowded (the panorama picture was taken earlier in the evening.) The whole evening was fun, but we didn't get home until almost 10:30. It'll be interesting getting the kids up for school in the morning!

Dinner with Anthony & Phuong

The kids and I went out to dinner with a friend of mine from my Monterey job, Anthony. We met his girlfriend Phuong for the first time, and we all really like her.

Last Soccer Game

Nic's last Spring soccer game was today. Unfortunately, they lost 2-0, but it was only their second loss in 8 games.

Spring Concert (post 3)

More of "Miniature Symphony" by Richard Meyer

2. Little Largo

3. Minute Minuet

4. Kleine Kanon

Spring Concert (post 2)

The Intermediate Strings did the 4-part "Miniature Symphony" written by Richard Meyer. Although you can clearly see Nic in these videos, you can barely see Katie. She was mostly hidden by Mrs. Williams and a music stand. And sorry about the sound quality--it was the only way I could get these small enough to post. 

"Miniature Symphony" by Richard Meyer

1. Modest March

Spring Concert (post 1)

Longfellow Elementary had a Spring Concert tonight. Nic & Katie got all dressed up and performed in Intermediate Strings, Chorus, and Recorders. Also on the program were Beginning Strings, Advanced Strings, three different levels of Band, and a Handchime Choir. I took movies of lots of the concert. By far the most enjoyable part that the kids were in was Intermediate Strings. They sounded great after the--how should I say this politely?--atonal Beginning Strings. 

At any rate, here are a couple movies of the kids right before the string performance. I'll post more movies of the actual performance once I figure out how to reduce the size enough to meet Blogger's criteria.

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