Spring Piano Recital!

This is what I posted on Facebook on May 9:

"We are in the middle of an absolutely CrAzY day and loving every minute of it. It's been a lot of fun...and I'm thankful it's not usually this busy. Rhiannon hiked 4 miles with her dad, Wade helped me with yard work, Rhiannon went to volleyball, Wade played basketball, both kids played in a piano recital, and in a few minutes Rhiannon will go to a church youth conference, and Wade and his Richmond basketball team will play in the championship bball game. Happy Saturday!"

So....this is the Piano Recital post!

Rhiannon and Wade both did a fantastic job at this piano recital!

This was also the big b-ball tournament day!  I had to get a picture of the basketball pianists!

Love this lady!  The mutual love and respect between the kids and their teacher Melanie McDonald is visible!

The kids' bedrooms get a new look!

We were so happy to have Jason take off the entire 2-week Christmas break to be home with us.

One of the BIG things he wanted to do was paint the kids' rooms.  Rhiannon and Wade worked hard to get their rooms emptied, picked paint colors, helped tape down the carpet, painted baseboards, and were on hand to help with whatever Jason wanted them to do.  I vacuumed and helped tape.  And Jason did the rest!  He did a fantastic job, and the kids are VERY happy with their rooms.  Two walls were an accent color, and then the ceiling, door, and other two walls are this brilliant white.

After being in this beautiful home for 5 years, I think the kids finally feel full ownership of their space, haha!  Thanks to Daddy for giving his time during vacation to work so hard on this!

Rhiannon's room, before

Rhiannon's room, before--imagine Wade's room being similar

Beautiful deep turquoise on Rhiannon's walls

and Wade chose a brilliant red.

Rhiannon's History Day project

Rhiannon did a fantastic job on her history project this year--check it out!

She free-handed it--I think she did an amazing job.  She even looked on Youtube for a video to learn how to draw Uncle Sam's pointing finger!

Initially her project was going to be on cotton fields and plantations.  Her US History class had been learning about the economics of that.  I wish I'd been more aware that this wasn't the best idea, but I was excited to see how she recreated the fields of cotton and wasn't even thinking about the issue of slavery.  That was the last thing on our minds--we were just focused on those dumb cotton plants!  Well, luckily Jason chimed in and encouraged Rhiannon to change her project idea, and her teacher Mrs Abshire okayed it.  We are very proud of her for being able to adjust in such a short amount of time and put together a really nice poster!  Way to go, Rhiannon!