How timely is this?

Miss L. only has a handful of Preparatory Music students; she has many more Suzuki students.  The time for the Music School's Preparatory Contest was at hand, and Jillian was IT in the Senior Division. The last time one of Ms Lim's students entered the contest, he had also won (Kevin, 2 years ago).  We were in need of the prize money, and we prayed for God's help.  He had helped us 4 years previously, when Jill won 1st place in the Junior Division.

Contestants (Senior Division):

1st  -- Cello/Piano by Ester

2nd -- Piano by Jill,  Tempest Sonata by Beethoven

3rd -- Violin by Sajani, Concerto # 9 by De Beriot

4th -- Piano by Luke, Tales from Hungary by Martha Mier


Jillian Won 1st Place!
Praise God!!  

Sajani won 2nd Place!
...this is the Violin piece, though played by someone else on youtube:
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Pickers --- what happens to kids who don't play video games!

What talent!

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BBC's top 100 books --- books read recently

Must add these to my list of books I've read recently.
A couple are not in their top 100 books list:


The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (done 12/23/2010)


The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon


Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - Rhoda Janzen


The Things they carried - Tim O-Brien


The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (done 1/18/2011)


My Journey with Farrah - Alana Stewart (done 1/20/2011)


The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (done 1/24/2011)


A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (done 1/30/2011)


Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua (done 2/3/2011)

Birthday, Snowday, Happy Day!

It seemed terrible yesterday afternoon, with the high winds and whiteout-conditions.  But today, it's hubby's birthday, he has a day off from work, the snow has stopped, the sun is out, and the children are having FUN! What more could one ask??

Son shoveling us out of our driveway this a.m.

Jared & Mr Bubbles

a LOT of snow!

AJ & Farrah also helping-out 

GROOVE-y

Why??