Brian received a Superior or “1” rating on this solo at the UHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival in April. He was asked to sing his solo at the final LPHS Choir Concert of the year. Scott is his accompanist, as always. Here, for your listening pleasure, is Brian singing “Si, tra i ceppi” by Handel, from Berenice.
Life in Texas
Here’s some new photos of Mark from the Heritage District, Texas San Antonio Mission. These were taken over the winter.
Mark looks like a real Texan
Texas cool
That’s a big bug!
Posing with some Texas heroes on a P-day trip to the Alamo.
Tracting, Texas-style
Our Independence “Staycation”
Staycations are all the rage now as people are unwilling to spend a ton of money traveling and prefer to stay local and visit places close to home. Brian’s work was closed this week so we did some fun stuff while he was home. On July 2, we went to the Living Planet Aquarium. On July 3, we hiked to Upper Silver Lake in American Fork Canyon, then went farther up the canyon to Cascade Springs because I love that place. After we hiked around, Scott thought we should drive on over the mountain because we’d never done that before, so we went to Heber and had shakes at Granny’s. After dark we did our fireworks in the driveway. On July 4, we opened presents for my birthday and Scott gave me an iPod Nano and armband to replace my old classic shuffle. We hung around the house, Scott BBQ’d shish-ka-bobs and we had our own personal cakes for my birthday. In the evening, we went to the Salt Lake Bees baseball game and watched the fireworks at Spring Mobile Ballpark. Fun!
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Summer Hikes
Scott and I made a vow that we would go on some hikes in the mountains this summer. We live right next to American Fork Canyon and haven’t really taken advantage of the natural wonders. So this summer it’s going to be different. So far, we’ve taken 3 hikes. They have been challenging, but as we are getting in better shape, we’re being more adventurous. Brian went with us on 2 of them.
Pinehollow Trail, AF Canyon, May 22
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Scout Falls, AF Canyon, June 6
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Upper Silver Lake, AF Canyon, July 3
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Sue at Convention
- National PTA Convention
- Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- luggage lost for 24 hours
- visit to beach and trip around Intra-Coastal Waterway on the Water Taxi
- lots of good seafood
- Workshops, General Meetings, briefings, reception
- rain every day but the first and some cool thunderstorms
- swam in the pool twice, worked out in the exercise room twice
- walked ALOT
- roomie Alison and I had our picture taken with Chuck Saylors, the first male president of the National PTA in 113 years!
