an evening of percussion

little sister's all-percussion concert was tonight.  first up was the elementary kids, then middle school, and finally high school.  she had parts in three songs.

big country - vibes

finale from symphony no. 4 - keyboard/synth

cachita - vibes

lady lobos v eagles

the lady lobos took another loss 0-6 tonight.  it was mighty chilly, but little sister looked good out there nonetheless.

lady lobos v lions

little sister's squad won 2-0 at last night's home game.  and they are back at practice today, working hard and having fun.

 

lady lobos v wildcats

 

the girls travelled to their game tonight and came up short with a 0-2 loss.  but it was a beautiful night in the high 60s to watch & play.

little sister did not play at all until the 2nd half.

the refs were not calling hardly anything - yet shortly after little sister went in, they called a handball on her.  really an elbow-in-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time-ball, but it was really of no consequence as it was near the opponent's goal.

basketball cookies

 i got an order for "last game of the season" basketballs - only 11 of them - on monday and i was able to turn them around in just a few short days.  i think they turned out really great!

i used a fan near the wet cookies to help dry the icing, a tip i've heard helps keep the icing shiny.  it also helped me speed up the waiting process between the base layer and detail piping.  i think i must use a fan from now on....

*snow*day*

we found out on wednesday that school was cancelled for the rest of the week in anticipation of the winter storm headed our way.  of course, we all started having flashbacks to the weather event last february that caused so much grief.  but this time we are only supposed to be below freezing for ~60 hours, more than half the time as last year.

first came the rain around 3pm wednesday, which continued as temps dropped to below freezing.  by 7pm, the rain changed to sleet/freezing rain - what really is the difference?  i just know i heard something pelting softly against my bedroom windows most of the night, which did not make for awesome sleep.  by 10am today, it had transitioned to snow.

not a lot, but it was definitely snow.

it took a little convincing, but i got the girls dressed and outside for a mini photo session with my new camera lens.  i ended up with ~150 photos but many of them had snow blurring or covering their faces.  i think it was snowing the hardest when we were out there!  so special to be able to capture these moments in time.

channeling elsa**