Music fills the air

School Chorus is back in the swing of things and I have almost 100 children singing. Now if I could have more than 10-16 people at church choir I would really Sing!

Singing can lift your mood. So........

SING

by Karen Carpenter

Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud
Sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad.
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.
Sing, sing a song
Let the world sing along
Sing of love there could be
Sing for you and for me.
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESLIE !!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR LESLIE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

August 19th

Watch her grow... some random pictures but hopefully in the right order.

Born 8:39 AM 8 lbs. 6 Oz
Mybiggest Baby and the fastest delivery!

6 months later

I Loved that hand smocked dress

Kirk Bryan

Eric Lucy Leslie

Leslie is the youngest

Can you name them?

Always with a smile

My Little Model (Glamour Shot)

Leslie's Engagment Picture

Life is an Adventure.... \Sunday thoughts

Life is an Adventure
The Road is not always smooth and sometimes brings unexpected bumps!!!

This picture was taken Feb 22, 2008 on the Beeline Highway

Life is an Adventure…

I was driving home the other night and I saw these words on a big sign on the side of the road. It made me laugh because I too was caught up in feeling overwhelmed with life’s problems. Every day something new is happening. Each day no matter where I am or who I talk to, young and old alike, they are all dealing with things that they had not planned on happening.

I see each one of my children and their families encounter frustrations over something other than what they had planned in their lives.
I’m not any different, I have my set of challenges, but I feel the most important thing to deal with these adventures is to remember we are children of our Heavenly Father and He loves us all very much and wants us all to return to Him someday.
“If the Savior Stood beside me” Leslie used the words of this song in her talk today.. The Activity girls sang it during my ward’s Sacrament meeting. I guess if we remember that the Savior is standing beside us we can have a peaceful feeling. With the Savior at our side I am trying to work on these qualities… Try it you might like it, too!

Be Positive
Be Happy
Be Prayerful
Be Loving and Kind
Be Thankful for the little things
Be BraveBe Honest and Trustworthy
Be Loyal
Mend differences, tomorrow never comes it is always today and now.
Give someone a HUG
Say something nice to someone
SMILE

Blessings

Today is Sunday and my thought will be short but hopefully sweet!

I hope all my sons and my son in law who have children will take their children before they go to school and give them a Priesthood blessing to help them have a happy and productive year in school. Don't forget your wives, they surely could use a blessing also for being their mom, as well as to be able to help the children to prepare spiritually for another year of their learning experience. I am grateful for the Priesthood here upon the earth and since I don't have a Priesthoood holder in my home I am ever so greatful I have a good hometeacher that was willing to give me a blessing today so that I may have the "right spirit" with me to teach those young people in my care at school and my grandchildren.

Let's as a family love the Lord and Hevenly Father, by reading the scriptures, pray often, go to church, have family home evenings, pay our tithing and love our family and friends and neighbors.

Please read President Monson's message for August and do something good "Today" and every day of your life... Tomorrow never comes it is always "today"!

Don't have any regrets....

Love MOM

So it is back to School !

So it is back to school for me and soon all the kids. On Monday Jon and Amy, a violin student of mine, came to my school and helped me put up bulletin boards and fix up my room. Amy also came Tuesday all afternoon. We found that I had lots of thick dust and dead bugs under my instruments and Amy helped fix the broken instruments. Also we had 40 sets of drum sticks missing from my room. Crazy huh! Summer Activity program will replace them! Whew!
What does someone want with 80 drum sticks?????? The Fun Slap Stick was still in the tupperware container, figure that?!?!?
Today I sat for 7 hours listening to and sometimes participating with 1-3 grade levels writing projects and grade level curriculum planning. I really could have spent that time doing other music things in my classroom, but the time today accumulates for extra monies, so that is OK.
Thursday I'll stay home and have the mechanic look at my car, but Friday is the official day back and it will be filled again with meetings, as well as Monday and Tuesday, meetings meetings, meetings and a sore behind from all the sitting!

These are so cute!

So here is the point of this post, I am so glad the Olympics are starting

08-08-08 because I will use the Olympic and all the good things that go with it as a theme for my music classroom. (At least the 1st Quarter) The kids will come into my room on their first day, which are actually the first three days of School -the 6th,7th & 8th. The classes come every three days to music, or PE or Art/Computer. The it is done again.

I plan on having the students walk into the music room to the Olympic theme Music from Arnoud that is playing hoefully on the blog, and then after that theme some John Williams Olympic music....

We willl have some introductions, talk about rules, play a name game where we introduce ourself and do a fun music moving activity to the Olympic theme music.
For the next two months I will teach music lessons and Music activities incorporating the Olympics. I am also lucky I worked out many of these lessons back in 2002 when we had the Olympics in Utah. For my Master's degree project I worked on a whole Olympics and Music notebook. I had so much information and activities that it filled a 1 1/2 inch folder.
So from time to time I may write about some of the activities we are doing in class because isn't the title of my blog "thoughts from the "Musiclady".....well, maybe not lesson plans but fun things we have done. I am plannin gon a good year no matter what!
I forgot my camera, so later I will post the buletin boards Jon and Amy worked on. I really appreciate their help! Jon could reach all that high stuff and he ran so willingly across the hall to get the printed papers from the Printer in the Library that we sent to be printed from the computer in my room. So that is it for today. I hope the opening ceremonies will be fantastic. I will have my VHS recording the whole thing!!! I don't have the fancy smancy DVD stuff yet. (Crazy thing that same night our ward is having an adult activity!)
Aren't these girls adorable!!!! This one is for Debbie and her China "Doll"

Till next time...

My Sweet Mama

Today on July 24, 1916 my sweet mama was born in Erfurt, Germany to Alfred and Elsa Ludwig, (more details in history)

Mama was born on July 24th which is also a celebration of the "Mormon Pioneer Saints" into the Salt Lake Valley. Mom always wanted me to know this.

I love my Mom and I miss her very much but know that she has gone ahead to a better place in this plan of salvation. Having passed away March 10, 2005.

Mom was a very faithful, devoted, hard working, intelligent and loving woman. She had integrity and honesty in all her life. She loved Dad with all her heart and loved our Heavenly Father and the Lord very much. She sacrificed so much for her little family and made sure all was well in the home. She never let me know that we were "poor" as the world sees it for we were as rich as the kings and queens and we were always able to endure anything with a smile and faith in a greater being than us all.

Mom's loved the scriptures and she was always saying these.... "Trust in the Lord" and "This too shall pass!"

Instead of writing a whole lot on this post, I think I will just share with you her life in pictures, so sit back and enjoy.....

On the front row in the middle of this Sunday School picture is my uncle Alex who is sitting on the lap of the missionary and right behind him is my mama at 3 years old.

Mom as a little "Doll" in a church play Mom in the 6th grade
Mom in the 8th grade (notice they are all girls except a teacher)Charlotte Mom liked to be in pictures and she looked like a model!

Charlotte and Klara (her sister)

ModelingThe model, her escorts and her protective brother Alex This picture was taken about the time Mom met Dad

(I couldn't download the other picture with him, sorry) Drama Night at church, Oma is the 2nd from the right
A little blurry ....Oma is the 2nd from the left

A special program about genealogy

the words translated: Book of Remembrance

Oma 2nd from left. the man sitting I think is Opa Ludwig

Mom and her "Gleaners" YW

New Year Eve Party... can you find Oma and Opa?

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad with Oma and Opa Haase

I think this is my Mom and Oma Heinze & ? man Friend?

in preparation in getting papers and legal matters to immigrate to America I think this is a picture in NYC October 30,1953 with my parents' friend

Notice I am trying to blow a bubble with bubble gum, it was something "new"

In front of the "Old" Chapel on 1st Avenue here in Mesa

with the Dieter family who immigrated before us.

He worked with Dad in the Branch in Germany.On the "Outlook" Going to Canyon Lake"

We look like tourists!This is the typical smile I remember my mom having.

Dec 1964

the following are ramdom pictures

They just radiated their love for each other!

I am glad they could be sealed for eternity! 4 generation picture

Eva, Leslie with Layna and Charlotte

Oma at Jane's Home (This was closer to the end of her earthly Chapter of life)
I LOVE YOU MOM!