(In the interest of full disclosure, it is me butchering "Give Said the Little Stream" on the piano. It was all going so well until about two lines in when I started thinking to myself that I was already half way through and hadn't messed up once. Then, of course, it all fell apart. But at home when no one else is listening, I can rock that song.)
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Bruce's Band's Big Debut
There was a talent show at our church last night in which Bruce and his garage band buddies made their big debut. The program showed that just the children of all the band members were going to sing a medley of songs, but after they did the first verse of the first song the curtains opened to reveal the real act. It's hard to tell because of the wigs, but Bruce is the drummer (Aaron Mehrley is playing guitar and Matt Neddo is doing vocals). The video is somewhat choppy but it is already quite large and better quality would have made it ginormous. Yes, it is a little long (about 7 minutes), but if you persevere the singer gets a better microphone, there is a great little bit when Bruce drops a drumstick, and a bunch of kids come on stage for the last song. While I may be a bit biased, I must say that Emmarsyn steals the show.
(In the interest of full disclosure, it is me butchering "Give Said the Little Stream" on the piano. It was all going so well until about two lines in when I started thinking to myself that I was already half way through and hadn't messed up once. Then, of course, it all fell apart. But at home when no one else is listening, I can rock that song.)
(In the interest of full disclosure, it is me butchering "Give Said the Little Stream" on the piano. It was all going so well until about two lines in when I started thinking to myself that I was already half way through and hadn't messed up once. Then, of course, it all fell apart. But at home when no one else is listening, I can rock that song.)
Monday, June 16, 2008
My "Blog-Spiration"
This is my second blog. My first blog was created when my mom went on a mission for the LDS Church. I was just looking for a way to share photos with her. So I set up a blog. A rather generic blog that contained pictures and a few brief captions. Eventually my mom's mission came to an end and for all intents and purposes, so did my blog. I didn't miss it - in fact, I felt relieved of the burden. But, oh, how things have changed...
Recently I met up with one of my oldest friends, Heather, at a local botanical garden. Heather and I have been friends since high school. In our junior year, we were both yearbook staffers - she on the literary staff and me on the layout staff. As I am sure you can imagine - we didn't mix too much - you know how those inter-staff rivalries can be. But as roommates at yearbook camp (yes, there is such a thing as yearbook camp) the summer before our senior year, our friendship took off. Through our senior year and our time at BYU, we remained close. Since then we have stayed in touch and within the last year have made more of an effort to get together on a regular basis.
As we watched our children play at the gardens, talk turned to blogs. Heather spoke of her blogs - that's right - as in more than one. As a closet blog failure, I was in awe. Maintaining multiple blogs seemed like quite a chore for anyone. But Heather is not just anyone. For starters, she is the mother of six. It gets better - three of those six are triplets. Heather's husband is the bishop of her ward. (If you are not LDS, email me for details or ask an LDS friend or acquaintance what this means and its time implications.) He juggles his family and church responsibilities with a full time job and a side business of his own. In addition to what is probably the equivalent of at least three full time jobs just taking care of her home and family, Heather is also an amazing designer and does jobs on a contract basis.
So as I sat there watching my three children, thinking of my husband who gets to spend quite a bit of time with his family - I started to experience blog remorse. Maybe I hadn't tried hard enough. Maybe I wasn't doing it right. Maybe I got involved for the wrong reasons. How could Heather, with so many obligations, want to use her precious time doing what I had seen as a burden?
That afternoon I started down the road to my second blog. I realized that I really wanted a blog - I just couldn't go through another failed blog. So I resolved to try harder this time, to express myself more, share the things that I love and that make my life better. It didn't take long to see that a blog doesn't have to be a burden. Already I have experienced more joy and fulfillment from this blog than I ever did from my first. After a long day, I can't wait to spend time with my new blog. Once we even stayed up most of the night together just sharing thoughts. I guess some blogs just aren't meant to be. But when the right blog comes along - you know it.
(For a little "blog-spiration" of your own - check out Heather's blogs - http://themodernhive.blogspot.com; http://studiolios.blogspot.com)
Recently I met up with one of my oldest friends, Heather, at a local botanical garden. Heather and I have been friends since high school. In our junior year, we were both yearbook staffers - she on the literary staff and me on the layout staff. As I am sure you can imagine - we didn't mix too much - you know how those inter-staff rivalries can be. But as roommates at yearbook camp (yes, there is such a thing as yearbook camp) the summer before our senior year, our friendship took off. Through our senior year and our time at BYU, we remained close. Since then we have stayed in touch and within the last year have made more of an effort to get together on a regular basis.
As we watched our children play at the gardens, talk turned to blogs. Heather spoke of her blogs - that's right - as in more than one. As a closet blog failure, I was in awe. Maintaining multiple blogs seemed like quite a chore for anyone. But Heather is not just anyone. For starters, she is the mother of six. It gets better - three of those six are triplets. Heather's husband is the bishop of her ward. (If you are not LDS, email me for details or ask an LDS friend or acquaintance what this means and its time implications.) He juggles his family and church responsibilities with a full time job and a side business of his own. In addition to what is probably the equivalent of at least three full time jobs just taking care of her home and family, Heather is also an amazing designer and does jobs on a contract basis.
So as I sat there watching my three children, thinking of my husband who gets to spend quite a bit of time with his family - I started to experience blog remorse. Maybe I hadn't tried hard enough. Maybe I wasn't doing it right. Maybe I got involved for the wrong reasons. How could Heather, with so many obligations, want to use her precious time doing what I had seen as a burden?
That afternoon I started down the road to my second blog. I realized that I really wanted a blog - I just couldn't go through another failed blog. So I resolved to try harder this time, to express myself more, share the things that I love and that make my life better. It didn't take long to see that a blog doesn't have to be a burden. Already I have experienced more joy and fulfillment from this blog than I ever did from my first. After a long day, I can't wait to spend time with my new blog. Once we even stayed up most of the night together just sharing thoughts. I guess some blogs just aren't meant to be. But when the right blog comes along - you know it.
(For a little "blog-spiration" of your own - check out Heather's blogs - http://themodernhive.blogspot.com; http://studiolios.blogspot.com)
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