This Week...

I am back and trying hard to post about once a week, to keep some sort of family record that we can look back on.  I fell off for a little bit, but really want to keep up again!  This week didn't have any earth-shattering news or goings on, just some tidbits and fun things to remember. 

This past weekend, Corey decided he wanted to get the boys their first baseball cards.  Baseball has become a big deal around our house this past year, so really, it was only fitting that they discover baseball cards.  The kids loved them, and have been carrying them around everywhere, very likely discouraging any chance of future monetary value, but what's the fun in keeping them all nice when your a kid?  Seriously though, my boys play baseball with their stuffed animals, cars(yes, cars can play baseball too!), they play 'pretend' baseball together in the house(including running the bases, which they get in a little trouble for sometimes...at least they use pretend bats), and of course, they play the 'real deal' outside as much as they can.  We even have a burned spot right in the middle of our lawn where a base was left out one day too long after being used as a pitcher's mound. Ah, well.

Corey and I went to YANNI this weekend.  No, not the restaurant on central, but the actual concert by the Greek man himself.  We had joked with people beforehand about how nerdy we were for going, and although I was actually looking forward to it, I was in no way expecting the experience we had.  It was AMAZING.  The show itself was a combo of Yanni playing the piano and conducting the musicians, along with a slew of incredibly talented people playing drums, percussion, cello, violin, harp, french horn, another horn I can't remember the name of, keyboards, guitar, and some super soprano vocalists.  I've been to concerts and I've been to the symphony, but this seemed to be neither, and both at the same time.  It gave me goosebumps, and one of the violin soloists almost brought me to tears(not joking, tears were welling up). Amazing. And Yanni was actually funny too. He had this great, positive personality and a good sense of humor.  Corey and I were so impressed with the show.  So, if you ever get a chance to go, do it. You won't regret it.  Oh, and our kids love the song 'Santorini'...it's the one everyone seems to have heard, and the first thing he played at the concert.  They want to hear it over and over. Beckett asks to hear 'the church song'.  Funny kid:)

And to end it all, here's a funny thing I heard about Asher yesterday...In primary, a teacher stood up, ready to teach a 'Sharing Time' lesson on reverence to all the kids. To start off, she asked, "How should we act at church?"  Asher, always ready to answer a question, raised his hand.  His answer?  "NORMAL."