Ashton's "About Me" speech

This week Ashton completed his "About Me" speech for his Work Prep class.  He had to create a poster with pictures, memorize his speech and then share it with a random class on campus.  He did amazing!  He was given excellent comments from the students in the class and teachers.

LA Galaxy Game for Cameron and Derrik

Cameron and Derrik went to their first in-person Galaxy game this season!  They won 1-0 against Nashville.

Happy Easter!

 

We had a lovely Easter with church, music, Easter baskets and more!

Cameron and the tech crew from church

Derrik's New Car and the Winterline Competition

Derrik purchased a 2019 Toyota Corolla and it arrived today via Carvana from Florida!  Pretty white and ready to go.  We took it out for a little trip to Palmdale to watch Ashton's drumline team compete in the winterline series.  We helped roll their props back to the truck after they performed.  

Lake Gregory and Lake Arrowhead

 Spring Break means a quick trip out of town!  We managed to get everyone on board for a trip to Lake Arrowhead for a night.  We stayed in Crestline and were down the hill from Lake Gregory, which we'd never visited before.  Lots of eating out and spending time by the water.  It was a beautiful trip!  

Ethan's 23rd Birthday!

 We had a great long weekend celebrating Ethan's birthday!  Derrik and I took him out shopping the day before and also got him a cookie from Crumbl.  Then his special day began with banana pancakes and a new iPhone!  We all went to dinner that night and Brisa joined us.  He and Brisa went to Disneyland on Saturday and then we finished things off with another birthday meal and celebration with the Grandparents.  Happy Birthday, E!

Walking time

 I've been getting my steps in for 2022 and am averaging three miles each day, six days a week.  It rained this week and I found some rain drainage in action along the trail!

Ashton's Winter Band Concert

 It's band concert season!!  Ashton and the Concert band performed their Winter Festival Concert this week.  His group performed later at the SCSBOA large ensemble festival and won an excellent rating!

Blankets for Project Linus

I just finished one of my largest donations yet!  I donated 12 blankets to Project Linus.  I loved making these!

Quick visit to Santa Clarita Elementary

 I made a quick stop to my old school site to chat with a friend and was met by several former students on their lunch break.  It was fun to see some of them for the first time in two years!

Chris Renzema concert

Derrik and I, with Cameron and his friend, Brian, went to a  concert in Glendale on Thursday night.  Chris Renzema!  It was a great show with a small enough crowd that we got a great view of the stage.  So fun!  Tell me we're not too old to go to young concerts!

School visits by the Music Teacher!

I've just started visiting two schools per week, teaching between 16-18 classes.  It's a lot of work but boy, have I had fun!  These are all photos taken by the teachers.