Fesitval Preview Concert!

We attended the Festival Concert for Cameron and Ashton last night at the new Forum Performing Arts center on the Saugus campus!  Ashton's band got to be a part of the concert and play their festival pieces and his band even played the fight song with Saugus band!  It was a great night of music!

Cameron with two clarinet friends

SNOW?

We had some snow/hail earlier this week!  Strange, white pellets falling from the sky!  The kids at school went nuts.  It stayed on the ground for a short time and quickly disappeared.

Recall Conference and Dates

Cameron worked at the Student Recall Conference at church and did the slides for the music and speaker.  Since we was gone all weekend, Derrik and I took Ethan and Ashton out on little dates.

Valentine's Day 2019

Flowers, love notes, chocolate, OH MY!  We had a great Valentine's Day!  I tried something new this year - 14 days of notes for all 4 guys in my life!  I woke up to red roses from Derrik and treated the boys to chocolate and Starbucks cake pops!  Yum! 

Notes on bedroom doors and our bathroom mirror

I finally got Ashton's love note to me put on
canvas!

Valentine's from some students - to Mrs. Huddard  :P

CAKE POPS!

Honor Band Auditions

Cameron and Ashton both auditioned this weekend for the district honor band.  Ashton had to learn a piece on the snare drum, bell kit and timpani, while Cameron played two pieces of music on his clarinet.  They have both been practicing a lot and even Ethan helped Ashton with some of his music to help him get ready.  The audition is a great experience, even if you don't make honor band.   Results will be posted this week.

I got a picture of Cameron before he left for his audition
but forgot to get one of Ashton!

Ethan enrolled in Recording Connection

After working and searching for the perfect program, Ethan is officially enrolled as a student at Recording Connection.  He does online classes to complete his certificate program and also spends several hours each week at a recording studio in Glendale with a "mentor" who will oversee his studies and train him on working in a studio.  He is very excited!  For more about the program, click here.

"Caught ya reading!"

It can be a rare thing to find both Cameron and Ashton reading actual books!  I got photos to prove it!

Cameron honor roll

What a great way to start second semester of his junior year!  Cameron received a letter this week saying he was on the honor roll at school with a 3.75 GPA or higher.  Yay, Cam!

Rollo's Birthday trip

Mom and Dad Hubbard, Cameron and I drove down to Fontana to see Rollo on his 83rd birthday.  We had a nice meal, spent time with their son, James and his family.  It was great to see him again!

Rollo with son, James and grandson, Jacob

Brother and sister

Cameron and Gretchen

Ashton's 14!!

For the first time that we know of, Ashton DID NOT have school on his birthday!  He got to stay at home, open presents and have a fun day with no school!  Wow!  We cannot believe that he's 14!  He had a great day, everyone!  Thanks for the love!

We sat and watched him play the new game
he got.

His reaction to the present he was
hoping for!

His present from his brothers:
Coupons to play games with him

Ashton's Birthday Part 1

We celebrated Ashton with the Grandparents on the eve of his birthday!  Chicken, mashed potatoes, rolls, salad and yummy birthday cake!

Derrik playing with the panoramic feature on his phone camera.

Magic Mountain Day!

We scored some free tickets to Magic Mountain for the day!  The only bad part was - it was scheduled to rain.all.day.  So, we live close enough that we figured it was worth the wet to go and spend some time together.  We invited our neighbor (and Ashton's friend) Brooklyn since she had a season pass.  We did a few rides before the rain got heavy and rides shut down.  It was fun!