Happy Easter

Drum Line

My daughter, Darci, plays the keyboard for the drum line.
I was able to go with them this weekend as they competed in Dayton, Ohio in the World Scholastic Drum line Competition.
It was tiring and those kids worked so hard and I never heard one of the complain.
As you can see , we are practicing outside.
They would pull over the truck, Unload the instruments, and practice for two hours.
This picture was taken in front of Sam's in Dayton.
We were not the only drum line group out there practicing, it was awesome.

These kids competed three times but practiced at least 4-5 hours a day.
They also practice two hours three days a week.
It amazes me the dedication and talent these kids have.

Their program was called "The Voices Made Me do It"
It was a story about a girl that was overcome by voices and then she finally gives in.
They have special costumes, paint the mat, make back drops and they write their own music.

They got 11th of about 60 groups in the nation.
I was very proud of them and of my daughter.
Way to go Darci!

A Free Tree

Would you take a free tree by the side of the road?
Well I did!
I wasn't sure that it would live, but it did and is thriving.
Last summer, in August, our neighbor was digging up this tree from his front yard and putting an oak tree in its place. It had a big FREE on it and was beside the road, It looked like it had been there for a day but I went home and got the truck and told Dusty I needed his help.
He about died when I drove up to the tree, He said this will never make it.
Last summer it was really hot and dry here.
But
I talked him into helping me take it home.
I Knew it had to be at least 3-4 years old.
So....we dug a hole and filled it full of water and then put the tree in.

It looked like this the first day but the day after that most of the leaves fell off but I kept watering it all summer.
because it still had some leaves left on it.

This is what it looks like today!

Beautiful!

Florida

We spent hours digging in the sand making castles
and trying to ride the buggy board.

Learning about new sea life... jelly fish and blue balloons, the later is very dangerous!

My daughter took this picture, it could be an add.
But we also spent hours under the umbrellas.

Walking along the beach

And every evening, after dinner we spent the last few hours watching the sun go down
with our feet in the water and with sand between our toes.

Yes, we heart the ocean!

Spring Break

This year we did something we have never done before....
we made a decision to leave town in three days.
We found out on Sunday that our daughter did not have anything going on the last few days of Spring Break as originally planned so we got on the computer and started looking for
something to do at a beach.
We booked a condo in San Destin , Florida for a week.
It was heavenly, I am not going to show you all the pictures today but here is a start.

The view from our Condo...the beach.

The condo was a perfect size for our family.
It had just been remodeled and both my husband and I loved it.

We ate several meals around the round table.

There were mirrors on the walls to make the room look bigger.

It had a sisal rug. It looked nice but was hard on the feet.
This couch made out into a queen size and one of the girls slept there.
The kitchen had just been remodeled.
White cabinets, bead board ceiling, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
We loved it.

The King size bed and the view to the beach from our room was beautiful,
However, we didn't spend much time here.

The second bedroom was darling.

It was a fabulous suite and we loved it.
It was hard to come back to reality.
I would love to be walking the beach this morning with sand between my toes!
More pictures to come.