RS Makes me HAPPY!

I was asked to make a cake for our RS Birthday Party on March 11 that was decorated to show what Relief Society means to me.

Those that brought a cake got to stand up front at the party and explain it.

(I wish that I had brushed my hair before I got there - it had been a very busy rainy day!)

This was what I said: "Relief Society makes me HAPPY! I feel loved by my RS Sisters- I'd go BANANAS with out them!" If I do say so myself- it was a very yummy Banana Cake!!!! I got the recipe from my friend Becky G. I think what also made it so moist and delectable (as Kevin would say) was the technique learned from another rs sister: after taking it out of the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes then cover and put it in the freezer. YUM! If you want a copy of the recipe let me know, I'd be happy to email it to you.

Meadow Park Concerts

This has been a fun week of concerts for the Meadow Park Middle School. To make it even better, Grandma and Grandpa Greenall came up to join us!

Wednesday the 10th was the Winter Band Concert. Rachel had her first performance in the 6th grade band playing the clarinet. She even announced a number. They played selections from their Standard of Excellence Book 1: Hot Cross Buns, Au Claire De La Lune, Down by the Station, Country Walk, Good King Wenceslas, and Jolly Old St. Nicholas.

Melissa played her trumpet in the Jazz Band playing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". She played in a trumpet trio on mutes for part of it. In the Advanced Band she played Celtic Air and Dance, and Evil Ways. It was a very nice concert.

On Thursday was the Orchestra Concert. Rachel played in the beginning group on the cello. They played: Song for Christine, Natalie's Rose, Dreidel, For Pete's Sake, and Ode To Joy. The beginning group consists of two violins and two cellos.

The Advanced orchestra is a little bigger- they have 6 violins (one wasn't there)! They played: La Bamba, and Swallow Tail Jig.

The big finale number was Jingle bells, which both groups played together. It sounded great as Rachel played the melody, and Melissa played a ornamental part on top (along with the other players too of course). The school choirs performed performed after the orchestra. I hear they were good, however Grandma, Jennifer, and I didn't stay and headed off to the RS Enrichment Christmas party. We made it just in time. We missed the appetizers and dinner but got there as they were serving dessert. As we sat down the High Priest servers brought us in dinner. It was tastey! We had time to eat before the program started. It was a program titled "Sounds of Christmas". It had narration, music numbers, and slides. It was beautiful.

It was a very nice evening. Oh, one more thing. . . we have added another instrument to our family. Melissa brought home a tuba!