Random April Happenings, Part II (Erik's MCO Performance, Ian's Band Concert, Elisa's Early Birthday)

April 24-25

Erik's parents came down to see his MCO's Spring/patriotic concert. They came down a day or two before. Before the concert, Elisa, Grandma, and I went to Goodwill, the local Farmer's Market, and then Michaels (made some free bracelets and got some balloons) and then stopped in Bath and Body Works. Erik had an earlier performance before our scheduled show (ours was the very last) so we drove down to Mesa and picked up food that Erik had ordered at Joe's Farm Grill. The food was okay except we had no drinks and no napkins. The kids were thirsty, so we went to a McDonald's drive through for some drinks. They got our order wrong, so we had to go through again. We ate some in the car, and then some just outside the Mesa Arts Center with Erik. The concert was very patriotic with almost all USA-themed songs, and even if they weren't directly USA themed, the blurb given by Brandon before the song somehow tied it to being a patriotic song.  The concert was good; I think the kids liked it. I wore my patriotic shirt and earrings. I saw a few people from our ward at the concert, I'm glad we're getting the word out about the MCO!   

April 24

Erik, his parents, and I ate at State 48 Rock House. It was pretty good--I think I really liked the fries.

April 25

Going shopping with Grandma and Elisa

Ian with his meal from Joe's Farm Grill. It was a Sonoran hotdog, I don't think Ian even finished it.

Here are a few videos that Erik took during rehearsals, they sound amazing already! 

We had a decent view of Erik when they came out on the balcony

"Call of the Champions" by John Williams. I liked when Erik was on the balcony so we could see him better.

I'm So Blessed...the kids have strong feelings against this song, but I like it. I believe it was the last song of the evening; you can hear and see the enthusiasm the choir has for this song! They sang it a few years back in their Spring concert.  

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April 28

I got back into playing with my beads. I really like bead embroidering stuff. I made a bunch of pins and magnets. I didn't take pictures of everything I made, but I did get a picture of this kitty pin. 

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April 29

Ian had his last band concert of the school year. I really wish the school had an auditorium/stage (or at least used the high school's) because it is always so hard to see Ian, let alone get pictures of him, but Erik got a few. And a bonus picture just after the concert of me and Ian. Ian plays the trombone and seems to enjoy it!

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April 30

The glass on the dryer door got busted. I'm not sure exactly what happened or how this happened, but I'm pretty sure it was from metal things clanging around that were attached to Elisa's jeans. I can't think of anything else, other than maybe someone slammed the door too hard. My thought was to run to Lowe's and buy some heat-resistant tape and tape up the glass. Erik poo-pooed my idea and then closed the door and reopened the door, and that was when the glass just all fell out. When I first saw the door, the glass was shattered, but still intact.  If we had gone with my idea, we might have at least had a useable dryer while we waited for a new dryer door that Erik found on eBay. Erik switched out the glass and threw the new door away. It was dirty when we bought it, but we cleaned it up and you'd never know that it was glass from another dryer door.

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April 30

Princess Elisa had a birthday coming up!  Elisa didn't want a big friend party, so we just had a small family party. Grandma and Grandpa left just in time to not be in attendance ha. She decided on pizza for dinner. Then she opened up a few gifts (her main gift was going up to Utah). Elisa really liked the little Nothing Bundt Cakes that I got for Erik and Gabe's birthday, so I got her some of those instead of a full cake. I can't believe my gwilly is already 15! I know I'll be saying that every year! This was just part of her birthday celebration...there is more fun to come! We really liked going up to Utah for her birthday last year, so I decided to take her up there again. 

Pizza for dinner

Silly gwilly opening her gifts. I don't remember what was in this box, it could have been her Hades Melanie Martinez CD I got her, or it could have been something else entirely.

The kids put their money together and bought Tomodachi Life; they were the most excited about this game!

Singing Happy Birthday to the family princess--Happy 15th Birthday, Elisa!