Performance on Pier 39

Our first morning in San Francisco we headed to Pier 39 for the band performance.

Golden Gate Bridge

Our next stop was San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.  It was so clear and beautiful!

Sacramento

While Ethan rode on the bus with the rest of the band, I followed with a few other band moms for a fun weekend of being band groupies.  First stop was the Capitol building for a performance on the front steps and a tour. 

A photo with the band moms and the bands director, Mr. Gibson

SHS Pops Concert 2015

Waiting for the concert to start

Before kicking off their spring tour, the marching band held a Pops Concert.  We saw lots of great talent and are so proud of our boy, Ethan, and all his hard work.

 

 

 

Saugus High School Assembly

The Saugus drum line came and visited the junior high last Friday.  Cameron was thrilled that Ethan was coming!  The drum line was a part of an entire assembly geared to get students excited about high school.  The video is from far away but if you look close you can see Ethan jamming with the cymbals. 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Week

Ashton had conference week last week.  His teacher thinks he's doing well and is on track to finish the year strong!  He had Wednesday off so we went out and had lunch together.  He picked McDonalds, of course!

Spring Soccer!!

The first meeting - Cam has his back to the camera

The spring season of soccer has begun!  Cameron is on the Royal Aces team - red jerseys.  He's playing defense, which makes me happy!  I didn't enjoy the season where he was goalie at all!  He had a great opening game winning 4-2.  He's also one of the bigger ones on the team, as usual.

Band demonstration

 
 
 
 
I've been trying to increase interest among our school's 6th graders in joining band next year.  I invited three former students (one being Cameron) to come in and share about band and their experience.   We had a flute, clarinet and tuba!  The kids were impressed!  Here we've squished 65 6th graders into my classroom for the assembly.

Swimming in the rain

While swimming at the grandparents place, it started raining!  The pool was heated so everyone ignored the rain - until they got out!

Valentine's Day 2015

Happy Valentine's Day to all!  Chocolate and crepes for breakfast, some cash in a Valentine's card and a crazy JibJab photo of Mom and Dad dressed like Sonny and Cher - yep, we had fun!!

Pretty roses from Derrik

 

Soccer Park day

Cameron and his friends are gearing up for the spring season.  They are all on different teams this season but are committed to being ready and supporting each other.  They gathered at the park last week to practice together!

Ashton took a turn being goalie

February in California

Jog-a-thon 2015

Ashton participated in the school's annual jog-a-thon!  He had a great time and ran 45 laps!  The jog-a-thon raises money for school programs.

Ashton's 4th grade class  :)

Winter Formal

Ethan went to Winter Formal last weekend with a special friend from school.  Wow, did he look all grown up in his formal wear!  He had a great time!

Medieval Times Field Trip

Cameron and his classmates took a trip to Medieval Times in Buena Park, CA last weekend.  Sitting in an arena watching two knights fight - sounds fun!  He took some photos to share:

Basketball Pep Band

 

Ethan started playing with the band at the basketball games.  We joined him last night and watched him and the game.  He sure is having fun!

Cameron and Ethan at half-time