And All That Jazz!

See that cute dinosaur up there? That's my Grace! She plays trumpet in the school Jazz band (and the concert band) and it is pretty much my favorite thing in the world. The Jazz band is surprisingly good for a middle school band and their Halloween concert last week was awesome! Grace surprised us all with a trumpet solo!!!!! I was so proud of her and I love seeing my kids do things they love!

So fun to have my parents come and enjoy the show. Grant is SUCH a good brother and always comes to support Grace.

I can't believe my babies are this big! When did this happen?

 

Do do do do (snap snap)

I am probably the only one who will get that this post title is supposed to be the beginning of the Addams Family Theme.  But it is.  Just trust me.

Jack was in the pit orchestra for the high school play of "The Addams Family"

I have to be honest...it didn't have that high of expectations for it but I was

 TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY!

The sets, the costuming, the acting and singing...and the orchestra!!!  They were incredible!  The entire production was amazing and SOOO fun!

We all went for family home evening

Handsomest cellist ever up there on the back left

So proud of Jack!

He spent so many hours after school in rehearsals.  The 2 weeks leading up to opening night he was in rehearsal pretty much every night for hours and even then would come home and practice his part even more!  The hard work paid off...all the kids in the orchestra must have worked hard too because they sounded INCREDIBLE!  

Incredible enough that I didn't totally lose my mind when Jack texted to tell me he'd broken his cello bow after the dress rehearsal performance for the elementary kids.  His bow got caught between the orchestra room doors and completely snapped.  Oh baby.  

I wish I had a picture of him in the pit...so many talented musicians down there and a wonderful conductor.  I am so grateful for all the incredible people Jack has gotten to work with and the cool opportunities Jack has been able to have thanks to music.  

Music is pretty much the best thing ever!