A Successful Journey

My eldest daughter and I returned yesterday from Williamsport, PA. My quartet sang at the Little League game between the Southeast (Louisiana) and the Great Lakes (Kentucky). (sidenote: when did Kentucky become attached to the Great Lakes? Just wondering) We drove up on Saturday having lunch on the way. When we arrived, albeit alot sooner than I had expected, our room wasn't ready. We went to get some money at the ATM and then over to get some ice cream. It was hot but not steamy hot. I had a shake/icee combo. It was refreshing. Kristin got a hot pretzel! She was happy. We headed over to a new park in the area and she played on the swings and slides. After driving over 4 hours I was there to relax. She had a good time. This was the grand opening of the park in Lewisburg, PA and there is a pool, a variety of park toys, and a skate park. We watched the skaters. She had a good time.

We checked in at 4pm and settled into the hotel room. I watched TV and relaxed while Kristin went stir crazy. Her game was to start in the bathroom then run into the main room and jump onto the bed. Hey, its a hotel, isn't that what you do in a hotel?

For dinner we went to the nearest restraunt. It was okay. I had a French Dip which was good but the french fries didn't turn any heads. Kristin had PANCAKES! She loved them.

After dinner we swam in the hotel pool which was the same again for Kristin. Up and down the stairs, jump in, splash, repeat. She had a great time and I had fun watching her. I did swim a little though, it was refreshing.

After that we returned to the room and relaxed and went to bed. Since she is a bed hog, I am glad we had two doubles in the room. She slept well, I didn't. Might have been that I was away from home, excited for Sunday, and a variety of other things.

I will follow up on another blog entry for Sunday. Stay tuned.

Up Until Now...

Well, Lourie updated her blog so I guess it is my turn. All I can say is that what she posted is what has been going on. Some things on my side of the fence have been happening.

Singing. As of Tuesday, I am now the tenor for the Foghorns, the "official" barbershop quartet singing out of Coast Guard Headquarters. With a new lead, bass, tenor we are just starting from scratch. First we need to build a repertoir, then work on tweaking it to sound good. Top priority is learning their version of the National Anthem since that will be highly requested. Then we add from there.

Harmonizers. Still there as well. On Tuesday, Richard got his mitts on me for my vocal assessment. Not too bad. My high and low ranges are accurate and well focused. That middle section needs some tuning. I need to stay more engaged and keep my core moving through the whole range. I will also be trying my hand at the baritone part. I have been singing tenor for over 25 years so moving to a new part will be a challenge. The Harmonizers need more baritones and we are overabundant in tenors. I look forward to learning a new part.

Today we should be getting our new piano. We ordered a digital piano last week and UPS shows it out for delivery today. That will be good since today is an "off" day for me. No rehearsals or performances. It will need to be set up and I have to find a plug for it but that will be easy.

This weekend Kristin and I will be driving up to Williamsport for the Little League World Series. My quartet will be singing the anthem at the 1pm game on Sunday. That will be fun and exciting again.

Thats all for now. I will update after the weekend.

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Keeping my promise?

I may have not been posting like I promised a few days ago, but I am still here. This has been a slow week for events, except for Monday! Lourie wasn't feeling well on Wednesday so she went to the doctor and was told to rest for the day. I stayed home and took care of her and the girls. I took the girls out shopping. They got some new Neopets. They are having fun with them.

This upcoming week has rehearsal for the Harmonizers performance on Aug 11th. We also have a few more rehearsals before 66 West will be singing at the 1pm game at the Aug 21st Little League World Series. It will be our second time singing the anthem for that event. This year I will be taking my oldest daughter.

I am looking forward to the rest of the month.

New Ultrasound Pictures

On Lourie's blog you can find the newest ultrasound pictures of our "spud". We call him that because we don't have a final name picked out for him. When we officially decide on one we will post it for the world to see (or maybe just those who visit our blogs). It was great having the girls there in the room. The doctor was amazed that the girls could recognize features of the baby on the ultrasound. Spud was being a bit shy with his hands in front of his face but that was one of the indicators the doctor was looking for. We even saw his TONGUE. It was darting in and out when his hand was near his mouth. That was a good sign.

We got to have lunch afterwards and then headed home. The girls played, we rested. All was well with the world.

Tomorrow, I sell the car after getting it inspected. Good riddance. Well, it was a good car but with the new one we dont need the older one. It will at least clear up some space in front of our house.

Beginning of a new week

My goal this week is to post at least three times this week. I have enough things going on to create "content". Today might see two entries. Lourie has an ultrasound appointment, probably the last before our son is born. We hope to have time to do those snazzy 4D pictures. Last time the boy was putting his leg in front of his face so we didn't get any good shots. Here's hoping he will cooperate, or maybe he will just be stubborn (where will he get that from, I wonder?).

Here is the 4th Place Bronze Medal the Alexandria Harmonizers won earlier in July. I sing tenor and this is my first medal. I have only been singing barbershop harmony for 25 years! All of us in the Class of 2005 were excited to be on stage, winning a medal was just frosting on the cake. 

Here I am in Salt Lake City at Aunt (In-Law) Susie's wedding. It was great that I was in town for this great event. I was excited to meet someone that I had never met, but knew all about her. Oh, and her new husband is a great guy. You can see the couple over my shoulder. 

New Blog

Yes, another blog. Maybe this will get some use? Why a new one? Well, my wife started her new blog on here so I figured I would follow suit.