Thursday, August 21, 2008

If you are wondering what we've been up to...

Or even if you haven't...Here's Ryan marching in Salem Hills High School's first ever marching band in their first ever parade -- Salem Days. They sounded great!
Some of our garden bounty. Mmmmm. Still waiting for the watermelon to ripen.Some shots from our day camp up in Hobble Creek Canyon. We couldn't spend the night, so we just spent the day from lunch until it got dark.
The first day of school!
This is what our front yard looks like, but not for long...

A couple of weeks ago, I rented The Music Man because I wanted to watch it, but I wasn't sure how it would go over with the kids. Well, they loved it. We watched it two nights in a row, and they've been walking around singing 76 Trombones and Gary, Indiana, and Goodnight, Ladies. The boys told me that they especially liked, "those four guys who sing together." The Babershop Quartet! Me, too. It must be in our blood. So, anyway, I'm trying to weasel Tracy, Ryan, Rusty, and Ryan's friend Dallin (who sings bass) into learning some babershop music. I've even ordered some for them. We'll take them over to sing for Grandma and Grandpa Taylor. If I can get them to do it.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Amazing Pianists

For those of you who read Mandi's post about the Sizzling Strings, here's a picture of Tracy and Sizzling Strings mom Sherri playing a piano duet at a ward Christmas party. They were awesome! And you should have heard their legendary (in the Spring Creek 8th ward) Pachelbel's Canon as a piano/organ duet. Breathtaking.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)



The sunflowers are blooming, the tomatoes are ripening, and we have watermelons!
Above is the garden three weeks ago...
And the garden now.
We had our first ripe tomato on barbecued hamburgers while watching The Return of the King. It doesn't get any better than that! The cars are on the mend, and Ryan got his Patriarchal Blessing on Sunday. A neat experience! Yes, life is sweet!