Piano Recital

Last Friday was my first piano recital for my students! It went well despite the fact I was sick from food poisoning and I'm horrible at getting up and talking in front of people. Most of the kids played well. It was A LOT of work to get together even though the recital was fairly small. It's quite a relief now that it's over! Here are some pics:


The piano cake I made:


Cupcakes too!


All set up

The recital


Me and the students that played

More Videos!

Here are some recent cute videos for the family :)

Tues, November 3rd:


Wed, November 11:


That same night:



Thurs, November 12:




Sat, November 14:

25th Birthday!

I'm way behind on my blog but since our last computer died I think I have a good excuse.

Anyway, a few weeks ago it was my birthday (Nov. 2nd). It was definitely a great birthday. Erik made me a nice breakfast and gave me my presents. He picked that shirt out all by himself! He also got me Mario Kart, a few books that I've been wanting to read, the new MC cd, and some beautiful lilies. I have such a wonderful husband. My friend took me to lunch (which was so nice of her---thank you Ashley!!) and some others called to wish me a happy birthday, and so did my parents and ALL my siblings. Also the mom of one of my piano students gave me a plate of chocolate chip cookies and Reeses...my favorite! I'm so grateful for such great friends and family!

You've Got To Be Kidding Me!

So I was at the library the other day looking at books for Gabe when I ran into this little gem. I want to know how the publishers got away with this. Seriously, if it were the other way around (you know what I mean) I'm sure the media would have a hay-day and this book would be burned. Because only whites are racist. And for that matter, greedy.

New Computer!

We got a new computer! Its so so nice. The monitor is bigger than our TV, seriously. So our Christmas shopping for each other is done. Now I don't have to stress about getting Erik's Christmas presents. Its all taken care of. On the flip side, no more Christmas presents for me, lol (at least not from Erik)!

Also I got my iTunes library back, thanks to a smart husband who figured our how to get the files directly from the ipod to the computer.

We have not, however, figured out how to retrieve our lost files from our hard drive. Erik tried a bunch of stuff that he was told to do by a few friends who work with computers, but so far nothing has worked. So it looks like we'll have to do without or pay a bunch of money to restore our lost files, pictures, videos, etc. Hopefully Erik can figure out something, because I know pretty much nothing about computers. Heck, I barely know how to work my blog!

Sorry, My Computer DIED

So for about a year our computer has been making this weird whirling noise. Do we bother to check it out? NO. Do I bother to back up my pictures, music, and other files? Big, fat NO.

Last night, on my birthday of all days, I turned the computer on and up pops that "blue screen of death" that people sometimes talk about. So as it stands, we have lost everything that was on our computer, which includes all of our pictures-dating, wedding, Gabriel, and what I'm most upset about, Gabriel's cute videos. Also lost is my entire itunes library. I'm not worried about my purchased songs and I have most of my music on CD, but I have so much music on itunes that it would literally take MONTHS to get everything back how it was.

I am glad that I uploaded *most* of Gabriel's pictures and the cutest of his videos here on this blog. At least I have those.

So here I am at the library. I'm not going to cry about anything until I'm certain all is lost. There is some hope of restoring all our lost stuff. But for now, don't expect many posts. At least not any posts with pictures.

Sorry!

Halloween!

For Halloween we went to a friend's house who has a baby around Gabe's age. We went trick-or-treating with our cute little boys and got lots of candy (for ourselves...!). It was fun dressing up again, eating, and just hanging out. I love Halloween!

Oh here's the cake I brought over. It's okay. I posted it on facebook as well. I accidentally cut a chunk of the cake off and had to put it back together with frosting, so it looked really lumpy. I also added too much water to the fondant so it was a sticky, gooey mess to work with.

Baby Mozart

Gabe loves music! Here's a cute video of him listening to his favorite piano piece. It's so cute how he just sits and listens. Watch for his big grin at the beginning!