It is that time of year when I am so busy teaching and attending performances that dust collects on my computer and little purple gnomes take over my house. It’s been go, go, go- Still. Over the weekend we were off with my students for a competition. It was our 2nd to last show of the...

Each batch of kids I teach is different and in order to effectively “reach” each of them I try to adapt my approach, so I can best help them. I’ve never taught the same from one year to the next because no two batches of students are exactly the same. The ultimate goal is to leave...

Sure there is always the draw of winning, as a teacher of the competitive arts I know this all too well. Winning feels great and is fun right? Sure Does! However, I’ve always totally believed that winning was only to be a bonus for my students, not the driving force behind their efforts. I know many...

Over the weekend we traveled to Indianapolis for the last competition of the year for my students, Bands of America. It was a hectic time. Especially since we were delayed by road conditions and we spaced the time change between Evansville and Indy. I ended up arriving just after my band was taken through the security...

The joys of football season are endless… Not because I love football or anything. It means four straight months of teaching, reworking and cleaning a marching band show. Rehearsals and performances galore, fun (insanely busy) times! I actually hate football with a passion but marching bands perform during halftime at football games so that means I...

… and nobody ever told us that we would be doing chores during nap time, as N pointed out this morning. We did dishes, fed and watered the animals, hung the laundry to dry, stuffed cloth diapers and ironed a few of N’s dress shirts while Everly slept for an hour. Nobody can ever really make...

I am not dead, just blog slacking. Big surprise huh? Yesterday was the start of my back to work adventure: teaching colorguard with a local marching band. It’s my super part time work that I am way passionate about. I’ve always been able to handle the rehearsal schedules and the long hours outdoors but combining that with...

Today is our going away party/ potluck. N is making a pasta salad from scratch and I am making pioneer woman’s cinnamon rolls from scratch, mmmm. We are going to eat, drink  and hang out with people, this is our last chance to before we leave Arizona. Choreographing routines and working band camps has ended for...

N is back home from Peach Springs, he was sent out there to cover some breaking news yesterday. I guess there was lots of flooding out that way that really caused some issues for tourists and residents. Today he will be covering a John McCain appearance in Flagstaff. Dispite the station being shut down he will...

First I should update you all on how the weekend of N’s work parties went huh? The station closing down party was sad and weird at the same time. We said goodbye to many really great people and were also creeped out by others. Channel 2 is officially off the air and now N is out...