cinematic pop and the beauty of the human voice
Our favorite singer (McKenna Breinholt, who also happens to be one of Elle’s best friends from high school), sang hear heart out at a concert right after Thanksgiving. It was…
April little things
Let’s go back to April. It started out with General Conference for our church…a weekend I adore, mixed in with a brunch with neighbors, a mission report from Grace for…
unity under a sky full of stars
Graduation came and went. Phew! I have so much to say about that (of course, as always), but for now let’s just talk about Coldplay:) In between moving Grace up…
a persistent (and awesome) way of learning the piano
I think it’s so true that people who can’t see can “feel” more. Lucy can feel music so beautifully. She can’t see sheet music these days. So I think I’ve…
hundreds of voices singing their hearts out
Last weekend, in the midst of all the Nationals and prom hoopla, Lucy had her own big things going on. I promise we don’t always have things to get dramatically…
some timely events that led to the purchase of a cello
As I was leaving my cello lesson a few weeks ago I asked my teacher for advice about buying/renting cellos. You see, my friend’s daughter I have been borrowing my…
Lucy’s concert and carrying our own, unique lights
Tomorrow hopefully I’ll get to post about Elle and Carson’s sealing at the temple (loved it so much). But for today let’s talk about Lighting the World (in continuation from…
life with my “little” girls lately
I was worried about Lucy so I picked her up to take her for a pick-me-up lunch date (haven’t done this in way too long). Claire found out about and…
when choir and volleyball intersect
Lucy had her first high school choir performance a couple weekends ago. I’m sorry, I know I’m biased, but just LOOK at this darling girl of mine: Part of the…