This year we headed to Florida in March – the earliest we’ve ever gone – and what a great trip we had. Having made this trip annually for nearly ten years, we missed having Matthew, Kathryn and Daniel with us for many familiar stops and experiences. We don’t always get ourselves down to the beach…
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Another Merry Christmas
Such a whirlwind of a Christmas season! From ringing the bells at the outdoor Harwinton Hometown Celebration, to bringing Christmas cheer to folks at nursing homes, to our grand finale concerts at Nelson Hall with the whole family together – it was a full December.
We’re Patriots
We’re Patriots. No, we’re not part of the NFL team, the Patriots. We’re not even die-hard Patriots fans. This week we recognized Patriot Day on September 11th. In our family, we individually took time that day to remember the tragedy that occurred against our country in 2001. We did a patriotic concert on Wednesday. Webster’s…
A Tribute to America
We presented our annual Tribute to America concert at Elim Park in Cheshire on July 8th – there was a great turnout, and we enjoyed sharing with the folks that came! A friend of ours took pictures for us. 🙂 Presentation of the American Flag, the Christian Flag, and the Bible at the beginning of…
Refreshing Time in Florida
We just returned from a fun, refreshing, relaxing and encouraging time in Florida! It was a relatively quick trip, but we made the most out of it. We were sad that Kathryn and Joel weren’t able to come with us, but were so glad that Matthew and N’gella were able to fly down and meet…
Memorial Day Weekend
This year’s Memorial Day weekend was filled with sweet celebrations of life and family and country…kicking it off, a birthday party for our cousin Rachel’s little girl Emily (now 5!). They live in Texas and it was so nice to see them. On Saturday we went to MA for our cousin Nicole’s wedding rehearsal, hot…
Unexpected blessings
We had a full and enjoyable Sunday last week! James and Jonathan Staddon from West Virginia emailed us that they were in CT that weekend. They joined us at church for morning service and lunch to follow. In the evening we had a concert at Harvest Baptist Church in New Hartford, CT. James Staddon has…
January Sparkle
Our homeschool orchestra recently closed out another wonderful season with two concerts. Kathryn Dr. Finney requested two Bennett accordions to accent the haunting oboe and flute melodies in two of Erik Satie’s Gymnopedies. Susanna and Julianna then transported us to a French cafe with a charming duet of Souviens-Toi de L’Auvergne. Our small but resilient…
Merry Christmas!!
Christmas Eve after church in the morning we set out the candles for the evening service. We line the entire driveway and the whole effect is quite pretty. Elizabeth, Kathryn and Julianna lit all the candles while the rest of us prepared for the evening service. These four did so well with their spontaneous…
A New CD
Last weekend we spent Friday evening and most of Saturday recording a new girls Christmas CD. We enjoyed working together on the project, which will hopefully be ready in time for Christmas. Getting set up. We recorded at Nelson Hall at Elim Park, so we had to set everything up ourselves. Our recording engineer, Bobby,…