2009 Ceramic Fair

We headed out to a ceramic fair in Portland this weekend. There was some lovely work being shown, which you could also buy - BUT Cynfor and Jessie were more interested in trying to make their own stuff - as you can see in the pictures below.

 

 

 

2009 Flute Recital

Cynfor and Jessie's flute recital was on April 17th, 2009. Both of them played very well. Below are the pictures of the whole group who played, and Cynfor and Jessie with their flute teacher. At the bottom - check out the size of the flute that Jessie is standing "under." Yes - this is a flute, and the flute teacher demonstrated it at the recital. It is a "contra bass" flute - and the sound is two octaves lower than a normal flute. Very lovely sound, but apparently takes a lot more effort to play to make the sound come out - a lot of hard blowing!

 

 

 

 

Cynfor and Jessie playing Piano

Cynfor and Jessie were invited to help thank the volunteers at the school at their "Volunteer Luncheon." Both of them played piano as part of a mini concert to thank the volunteers.

 

 

 

 

Tara's birthday trip...

We headed north to Washington State, to a place called Great Wolf Lodge. It is just outside of the city of Olympia the capitol of Washington.

The whole family enjoyed the time we had there, swimming in the pools, going down the huge water slides, getting water dumped on us from a 1000 gallon bucket from on top of a play structure. Anyhow, here are some pictures of the trip to share.

 

 

 

 

Trip to the Coast

Although it was cold, it was great to see the sun shining across the Oregon Coast, which is pretty spectacular. Here are some pictures of our day trip to the coast.