The days are full

...and we have been busy: 

Ella's orchestra concert:



She sits Principal Second.  They played Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3 mvt. 1

Relaxing:



Visiting with cousins:

Sadie, Asher, Ethan, Ella

Creating:



Making bug cookies for Boy's Club

Hosting a bug collecting/pirate extravaganza:



Our homeschool group's 6-8 year old Boy's Club (Ethan is an honorary member)

Going wild at the library book sale!



Dressing up, lots and lots!

Playing lots of music:

Ella's chamber group rehearsing Telemann Concerto in G for 4 violins and basso continuo.  They won Honorable Mention in the High School Division of the University of Utah's new chamber music competition!



Ella's best music friend, Mackie.

Mackie and Ella played a joint Suzuki Book 2 recital.  Ella played both violin and viola in this concert.
Here is Mackie's mom, my good friend Heather, getting the concert started.

Ella and all her great music friends chatting after the girls' recital.

These kids all play instruments and often play together.

These are some of Ella's dearest friends.
L to R:  Maddie, Aerie, Hanna, Mackie, Ella

Visiting Tracy Aviary:



A kookaburra!

And Liberty Park in Salt Lake City: 

Playing lots and lots and lots of legos:





Ethan, Matthew, Asher



Spending time on BYU campus at the Carl Bloch exhibit with a picnic afterward:



The water is cold!

Taking a Daddy camping trip to Goblin Valley:



The campsite

Up on the Goblins

Ethan on The Crocodile

They found an agate field

"Ethan's Arch"

"Welcome to Mars.  I will be your tour guide."

The kids have a faborite playground in Price



These days are full of many things and we are so happy to be welcoming springtime, having a bit of break from the schooling schedule, looking forward to Nana, Tools and Ava visiting,  looking forward to swimming and hiking and traveling, yardwork and lots of other things.  Scott may be traveling to Vietnam in May for a series of concerts.  Park Days will start up again for our homeschooling group (yippee!).  And Scott's spring term will begin in May which means a lighter schedule and more time for fun stuff.  Ahh, spring, we love you!