GRANDMA TIME

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Hi GRANDMA! I MADE IT UP HERE!

Saturday I had a few hours just with my youngest grandson Luke. SO I thought I would have some fun outside with him. I don't take as good of pictures as Leslie and Bryan and Kirk and Eric but here are some cute shots of Luke having fun on a sunny Spring afternoon.

St. Patrick's Day thought

Picture: Murray, Utah , (top, Uli, Mom and I don't know the boy or his mom any more..
bottom Mike, Prinz as a puppy and me

Thought I would share a story that maybe my grand kids haven't heard.

It was 1954 and my family had moved to Murray, Utah in hopes of finding better employment for my dad. We had just immigrated from German in October of 1953 and my English was still not too great. I had a neighbor girl, Linda Whiting, who lived next door and we walked to school together. She was a good friend and I think I learned how to speak more English from her than in school. At least the common conversational English. We had a lot of fun together! Well, here is the story.....
It was March 17th and we went to school as usual, but when I was at school some of the boys came up to me and pinched me and took off running and laughing. I thought how cruel and mean that was. Finally after so many pinches and the beginnings of a bruise or two, I started to cry. Linda found me crying. For some reason she was not with me when the pinching had occurred. In my broken English I told her and showed her that the boys were pinching me. She explained the best she could to my understanding that on St. Patrick's day one must wear green. She realized I had no green on, so she took off a green scarf around her neck and tied it around my neck saying that should help, besides she had on a green dress. She then went on to tell off the boys who had harassed me. Later the teacher found out and she gave a lesson on kindness to our class.
Lesson learned... If you want to have a friend , be a friend.
Friends help each other out in all kinds of circumstances.

Have a fun St. Patrick's day and don't pinch! (Well maybe a love pinch) Just wear some green!

My 1st grade Weather Program

Leslie is the Best Videographer in the whole wide world. She is the nicest, sweetest daughter to come video my program!! The transitions are all smooth and precise. Don't miss this opportunity to view the bestest of the best!! ENJOY!!

"Mister Wind is a Mischief" a Janeen Brady song

"Sing a Rainbow" a little on the rough at the beginning but just watch.....

This is called the "Storm Dance" Drip Drop Drip on the Window Pain.... watch the cute Cymbal player ... they are almost as big as he is.

First Grade Cuties

Left of Main Stage ***"Sing a Rainbow"Main Stage in two sections ***Sing a Rainbow

Right of Stage singing "Water Cycle" a few pictures of the sweet first grader singing their "Weather Report" Musical

*** When and if I can figure out how to add a video I'll add that in another post.

*** ALSO ...Be sure to look at the post before this one ... "Praise to the Man" by the Tabernacle Choir is Awesome. I only had one comment so I feel like nobody even looks at my blog any more.

Just let me know what you thought!!!!!!!

Wanted to share

Here is a Youtube rendition of "Praise to the Man"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5id63Twddk



Turn off my music list and
Watch it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
It is Sunday and I am home with a bad case of the
"green monsters and coughing crud"
Drinking lots of liquid and started antibiotic on Friday
so I thought I needed some church today via internet and videos
I've got to get better!!!!!!
I have a first grade show on Thursday. We have been working so hard!!
Love those kids they are so full of energy and talent!

Jon made Regional Orchestra

WOOHOO!

Congratulations Jonathan Hooper for making the Regional Orchestra.!!!! WAY TO GO!

We've been working for months getting ready for these tryouts that were held this last Saturday and low and behold he made it! Just for your information, Jon, who is my oldest grandson and one of my private violin students is a Freshman and was competing against Sophmores, Juniors and Seniors in High School. I don't know the High Schools that are in his region yet. "He's the Man" as he calls himself... btw he also is great in sports!

A Thought...

At school I am teaching my first grade student songs about weather for their Musical Feb 26th. I even made a PowerPoint with all the words along with pictures to help the kids learn the words and get the idea of the weather "Stuff" we are singing about. Well, the program starts off with a really cool song where the kids will be weather announcers and will call off "weather" words. The songs kind of go in this order: storms, rain, snow, wind, rainbow, sun and then we sing a "cool" song called "The Water Cycle" tying it all together. There are a total of 11 songs and two speech pieces and still is under 30 minutes. The music is very appropriate and fun because they are learning about the water cycle and weather in their regular classes. I found music recordings for all the songs we are singing except two, so I used my Finale music writing program to make accompaniments for the songs and put them all on a CD. One song I wrote music for was, "I Can Sing a Rainbow." Unlike the one on the play list for this blog sung by Delta Good(?), I have beautiful harp and string music as the background with bell accent towards the end and it sounds so sweet with the angel children's voices singing it.

Well, here is the story...

As one first grade class was singing "I Can Sing a Rainbow" I was informed by a little girl sitting next to me that "Parker" was crying. Mind you we are sitting with the lights off to watch the PowerPoint pictures as we sing and he was in front of the projection table with the projector so I didn't see the commotion on my own. I stopped the music and saw the most pathetic sobbing little boy with two little girls and a little boy trying to console the little guy. I asked him to come to me, gave him a hug and asked him, "Can you tell me what is the matter?" He was sobbing!! "Are you hurt?" I asked? "No!" he shook his head. I squeezed him a little tighter and asked, "Is the music making you cry?" He looked at me with the tears running down his cheek, and he whimpered... "Yes, my grandma." "It reminds you of your Grandma?" I asked. "Yes, she died.".... I asked. "I guess you loved your Grandma?" and with that he nodded his head, yes.

Oh, how that wretched at my heart. With all the tender feelings I have for my Mom, I said a few things to him about how lucky we are to have such wonderful Grandmas in our lives. And then I said, "I bet your Grandma is so happy to know that you love her too." He slowly calmed down, and then we sang some high energy songs and he did leave my class with a smile on his face.

The end result is ... I was kind of worried that my accompaniment would not go over with the kids because it is not high tech (one cannot get high tech on this music writing program) and it is one song they all seem to really like to sing. I guess I am doing something right!

Love your family and give them a Hug!