Noah and Evie began piano lessons five years ago (beginning summer 2014). Therefore, this year was their fifth spring recital (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). They really enjoy their lessons with Mrs. Kathy R. She's an excellent teacher!
Noah played "Ballade" by Burgmuller.
It was twice as long as Evie's (still only two minutes).
Look at the pride on his face. 😊
Good job buddy.
I was struck with how tall he was. Look at those legs! We actually had to go out and buy those pants at Walmart because he had dressed in shorts for church before I could recognize what he'd done. He also borrowed Terry's collared shirt since his own was too small for him. I took it out of his closet after that. He looks so grown up!
Snuggling with "Monkey, monkey, MONKEY!!!" who Samuel is obsessed with. Monkey is a menace; Samuel goes nuts when playing with him. Also, he's a lemur. 😅
Evie played a Suzuki song called "Hungarian Folk Song" by Bartok.
Here is her one minute song.
No curtsies allowed; only bows.
Noah sure has grown this year!
They insisted on a silly picture. Great job Noah and Evie!
Looking back on the blog, it appears we've gone to the rock mazes every other year since 2015. This year we went on April 5th and it was about 70 degrees with snow and ice still in the crevices of the rocks (two years ago it must have been about the exact same weekend with even nicer weather).
They climbed the very first rock they came to.
Climb rocks, pose, take picture, repeat.
We wandered around the front of the rock wall for a while. Plenty of snow in there still.
I like exploring these little areas but the kids prefer to jump around on top, so here we made our way up.
The walls aren't that high.
Wandering.
The kids discovered that some people must have had an epic airsoft battle up there because there were pellets everywhere. They quickly started collecting all the pellets they could find.
They bartered for favorite colors too.
I was planning on giving Luna a haircut soon so I made sure to get some shots of her in her fine fluffy fur.
This time I walked around the outside of the rock walls and the kids and daddy stayed on top.
Unfortunately there is some pretty crude graffiti up there.
More exploring.
She likes to look down on me all arrogantly. 😜
1, 2, 3, 4.
Everyone but me.
It was more interesting below to me.
Lots of jumping.
Some log shimmying.
I discovered some new stuff, like this fun dry cave.
Terry is coming out of it here.
Going Atlas on that wall.
Once we reached the end of the wall we turned back for lunch. The kids discovered some pre-made houses, this one being the least complete.
Ezra was going to town on that stump and his face cracks me up.
Here's another house. This one Ezra felt he needed to move that log.
Lunch on a rock.
I discovered Ezra's shoes were done and I got him some new ones like the very next day.
Good kiddies. Begging puppy.
Nap time for daddy.
While Evie and the littles played in the houses and collected airsoft pellets, Noah and I wandered around the crevices on the front of the rock wall.
I originally started this blog at the dawn of social media, in 2008, after we moved away from home and the second of four children were born. I wanted to share and keep track of our lives. I wanted a record and I loved it. I lost hope, ten years later, of ever recovering from a mountain of puppy pictures and I gave up writing. But now, in 2026, we have moved to Taiwan to be missionaries and I have resurrected my blog. I have always been an archivist and now endeavor to keep another record...and perhaps share my Eva-thoughts, here too.
