Tennessee trip

 We did a quick 3-day trip to Memphis this week.  The goal was to close on Wednesday but some pieces got held up at the lender and we were granted an extension until this coming week.  We got to see the house in person!!  We also got to show Ashton around Germantown.  Ashton got to participate in a dinner group with a life skills group that he's thinking about joining.  I met with the owner of the Kindermusik studio in town and got to see her studio.  Overall, it got us so excited about our move!!

First eyes on the house

Ashton's new pool

Derrik in the backyard

Ashton's new room

Derrik and our realtor talking in the LR

We took an electric scooter ride at Shelby Farms

Musik Adventures Studio owner, Annette!

Last eyes on it until June!

Backyard video

In other news, while we were experiencing 80 degree weather in TN, So Cal got another dusting of snow!  We got two videos from the older boys.

Old Videos

In the midst of packing, we found several old camcorder tapes and got them converted to a flashdrive.  It was fun to look back on our years in both Wamego and California at our first house.  It was a long time ago and just yesterday.  :)

SNOW??!!!

We had white stuff falling from the sky this weekend!  It was very exciting and quickly melted but it's a big deal around here to have snow.  We also had really strong winds that destroyed trees around town.

Valentine's Day

 Chocolate, flowers, small gifts, sweet words and dinner out?  Sounds like a nice Valentine's Day!  Bonus? A light-show in the car wash!!  Lol

Superbowl

We had a Superbowl watch gathering at our house and invited Joy to watch the game with us.  She'd never sat through a football game before (no brothers) so we had fun teaching her the game (plus watching the commercials).  There was also a Super Smash tournament that Ashton created after the Superbowl.  It was a fun night!

Musical Moment with Derrik

 Derrik found a song he liked and then jumped on the piano to play along with it!  I caught him on video.

Katie's Teaching Video Unit #8

I started my 8th teaching video unit this week.  This unit completes two full years of video.  It will be my last video in this house but I hope to stay on with the district and work remotely on another 4 units in the new place!  This unit focuses on the 6 notes of the treble clef, jazz music and salsa music using three books from Freddie the Frog.

Ethan's Band Plays

Ethan and his band (King Blue) played at an Art Exchange Market on Friday.  They played all of Ethan's music which always makes me smile.  He's so talented and we're so proud of his work!

Grandmother's Bibles

Given to Grandmother at a Bible Study

 I was going through some old boxes and found 2 Bibles.  One was given to Grandmother DeWeese while she was at Meadowlark and one was a gift from Grandfather.  

Gift from Grandfather

Cameron's New Special Friend, Joy!

Cameron has a new girlfriend!  Her name is Joy and she is so very sweet!!  She's the third of four girls.....I mean, how can he go wrong? ;)   I have a few photos to share:

Ashton's #18

 For his 18th birthday, Ashton asked if he could please stay home from school.  We agreed!  He slept in, had pancakes, burgers and fries for lunch, played with his new game, enjoyed spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and then opened the last of his presents.  He even treated us to some of his mad gaming skills as he beat a few bosses in his Hallow Knight game!  Happy birthday to my baby!

New laptop!