Archway and Concerts

You know that archway we built to separate our dining room and living room that we started last November? I finally got it painted in March and we're pretty pleased with how it turned out!

A reminder of what it looked like last Fall.

This is pretty much how the arch looked all winter.

By the end of March, this is what it looked like! I still have a little touching up to do on the edges, but it's mostly done and we love it!

I did most of the painting at the beginning of March, but we didn't get the keystones up until the end of March.

After Jack acquired his own French horn back in November, he was able to join a community band in January at no extra cost. Most people in this band are adults. Jack is one of the youngest. The band was directed by Phillip Simpson, who recently retired from teaching in the Kennewick School District. In fact, he was the girl's music teacher at Sage Crest and then he long term subbed for Jack's band class when the band director and his wife had a baby. So, Jack got to know him then. He had his first concert with this band on March 10th. They sounded so good! It's fun to see him playing in a band again since he couldn't fit it in his school schedule anymore. And since it's with seasoned instrumentalists, he's going to learn a lot from them. They meet once a week on Tuesday evenings to practice over in Pasco. The concert was held at the Columbia Basin College Auditorium, also in Pasco.

Charlotte also had another band concert at her school on March 19th. If you're not on time, you'll miss the performance because they are very punctual and 6th graders perform first.

Curtis made it this time!

Brother and Sister Gale bought her some flowers after the performance and brought them over. That was so sweet of them. They are like adopted grandparents.