Dance Festival

January and February seem to be the bussiest months of the year with lots of activities at school. This is our annual Dance Festival, where all the kids show off their wonderful moves in front of the whole school and parents...It is actually quite cute and my girls get all excited about it. Here are some pics... Here's Miss Shannia

...and Miss Michelle

My Little Pioneer

One of the many things I love about my girls' school is their devotionals. It really doesn't matter that I've already seen them or not, because every year they improve them, and every time it becomes this wonderful new experience. Needless to say, I always end up crying of joy and pride.
Today was Shannia's first grade devotional about pioneers, and for those who check on my Facebook, I've been sewing like a mad woman just for this occasion, but it was worth every second, she looked so cute...my modern latter-day pioneer.



She faithfully learned her part, and in front of a crowd, she deliver it confident. I can't believe how much she's grown.

After the devotional, I tried to have a group picture (monumental task, since there were a lot of parents requiring their kid's attention)and finally succeeded, even though I won't say after how many tries...:)



Aren't they the cutest pioneers ever?

The Power of Music

For those who don't know, I was and still are an avid collector of 50's Doo Woop music. Sadly enough, all of it still is in Spain since carrying around good old LP's is not very practical. But thank goodness for ITunes and technology, I've been trying to remember most of the songs I already had, and have been acquirying them. Sadly enough, I can't find one of my most favorite versions of The Way You Look Tonigh, which is actually a quite upbeat version of it, but for the love of me I can't remember the group who sings it; so instead, I had to settle for Michael Buble's version. Here are some of the songs that really make me happy when I listen to them....aaaahhh!, reminds me of good old summers at the beach.
I will try to find a picture of "crazy" Carol wearing really crazy 50's outfits, proving that I was die hard rocker. Not promises though.
AH! I found some. Not the best, but in one actually, my friend and I won an award for best costume.




What was I thinking!!!!

First Field Trip of the Year

While I'm figuring out what needs to be fixed, changed, ammended and whatnot in my blog, I will still try to be a faithful blogger and tell you what's up; so, if yesterday wasn't just Thursday, today was a great Friday.
This year the focus of study for Michelle's grade (4th.) is Utah's history, and what a better way to learn it that just go see for yourself.
Today's field trip was fantastic. We started at the "Beehive House" were Brigham Young lived. History has always been fascinating to me, and so being up close and personal with some artifacts of the era really brings it to life. You can almost imagine what would it like to live back then.

Can you imagine having your friends over, just chit-chating, with one of your daughters playing the piano in the back?

Or having a informal concert just for you and some close friends while eating crumpets?...Ah...fascinating. It really brings Mr. Darcy and Lizzy to life.

Then, we went on to the visitors center and learn about the temple and its construction. Another wonderful piece of history.
It is a remarkable piece of architecture, a beautiful legacy for those who worked to build it, their courage, their sacrifice and their faith.

We also visited the Christus statue (always a favorite in our family). Here's a pic with the whole group.


Next stop, the Tabernacle and it's beautiful organ. Can you belive it has 11,600 and some odd pipes?


And, if your are in Temple Square you need to visit Assembly Hall, which I didn't know, was made out of the extra scraps from the Temple. So, our overachiever pioneers were building three buildings at the same time: the temple, assembly hall and the tabernacle. what a task!
And if you think that's all, you're wrong. Last, but not least, a tour of the Utah Hotel, or known now as Joseph Smith Building.
We started on the 10th floor and worked our way down. We saw some of the most beautiful rooms now used for receptions: the presidents room, with portraits of all the Presidents of the Church from Joseph Smith, the chapel, which used to be a ball room, the Mezenine, the Lobby, with an impressive chandelier that actually weights 800 pounds!, and finished at the Legacy Theater, where a massive bronze statue of Joseph Smith seeking knowledge in the scriptures stand as testimony of the love Heavenly Father has for us.


Again, it was a fabulous, enriching day with a renewed respect for those that have gone before us, and a renewed challenge for me to leave a legacy for the future generations whatever that might be.

Just Thursday, right?

Yesterday, I thought that today was going to be just thursday; another day to pass by doing minial things and not much action. Man,I was wrong!.
First, I should say that to start the year I got a headahce that had me going crazy, literally, not an exageration (which I love to do), but to the point of wanting to run with my head against the wall and end my missery. They're call migraines, which I had for the last 4 or 5 years, and my family doctor decided to call it something else and not give me aclear answer on how to manage them. So, because I can't change my head, I change doctors. She called it by it's name, and gave medicine not just to prevent but to erradicate them. Obediently, I took the medicine and, what do you know? the headache it's just at its minimum, and it's only day one!!!! So, I'm extremely happy, just crossing my fingers it will work on the long run.
Second, I always joked about me being deaf as a wall, so I asked my doctor what should I do. You see, I have this constant ringing in my ears and when I have headaches it seems like "WHOVILLE" it's screaming inside my head "We are here, we are here....!". So, I was recommended to go to a specialist, and obediently I went today, and guess what? Not only my hearing is good, I have SUPERHEARING, yeah! that's right. That makes my little ears more sensitive to noise, and it makes it more anoying when I have headaches, or if a noise it's in the same frequency of my ringing I don't hear it. What that means is that if I kill the headaches, I kill all Whovillians at the same time....YEAH, BABY!
So, to conclude, Thursday, just a mundane day became a GREAT day for Carol, not so much for Whoville.