Chant à Paris...

I can hardly wait until tomorrow!! Cory has been in France with the Troubadours for the past 10 days, chant à Paris (singing in Paris)!! It's the trip of a lifetime, and I wish I could have chaperoned this one!! They've been performing in many of the famous cathedrals, not the least of which is Notre Dame Cathedral!! I'm hoping he'll come home with some great pictures to share...


Last month the Troubadours departed from their usual choral format, and put on a production of the new "Grease!" Actually, it was just selections from the full show, but it was the entire second half of the finale concert of the FVHS Vocal Music Program. They switched around roles, but Cory's main character was Eugene (the smart nerdy guy in Grease). Here's their opening number (you can't see much because of the lighting, but you can hear the song). Love it!

Summertime, and the livin' is easy...

Wow. Is school really out already? These are exciting times for Wes, who has just finished eighth grade and graduated from our home school! After seven years of learning at home, he's getting ready to enter Huntington Beach High School in the fall!! He's nervous, but excited. He has a built-in group of friends on the water polo team, and they're really nice kids. We're encouraging him to join the Christian Athletes' Club on campus, as well. Congratulations, Graduate!!

Things we take for granted...

I love to sing. I've always loved to sing. To be able to open my mouth and sing is something I've pretty much taken for granted. Now I can't sing, and I don't think I'll ever take it for granted again!

Almost four months ago, I caught a cold, which, as it usually does for me, turned into asthmatic bronchitis. This time it was particularly nasty. I've learned from experience to go to the doctor for meds immediately at the onset of symptoms; otherwise, the cough continues for months on end! So I coughed for only three weeks, but the cough was especially violent. My throat was raw and very painful.

At the end of the three weeks, the cough let up, but my voice was GONE! It remained gone for about four weeks, and then slowly started coming back enough to talk. I guess it's starting to come back, though, because for a long time I could only sing up to a middle C; now I can get one step higher, to a D.




My mom says I should get a whistle to call the boys when they're in the video game room with the door closed and the volume up. Yeah. That'd go over big! I could be like Captain Von Trapp!