Have a Merry Christmas

Still working on the fundraiser at Borders Book Store. That ends tonight. Can't wait.

I wish all of you a very Merry Chirstmas and Happy Holidays.

Erlinda

Baby its cold

We got a dusting of snow over night. It came with wind, rain, thunder and hail this morning. Roads are slick and its cold. The schools got a 2 hour delay today. Wish they would of just closed them, it throws the kids off for the day.

Last night was the Del Norte Band winter concert. They performed with the school PAPA and they all sounded great. Did not get to video tape (batteries ran out) so I finally got to enjoy the concert.

Take care and keep warm,

Erlinda

Catching up with pictures

For Cub Scouts we went to the Bosque del Apache down near Socorro New Mexico. If you have not been there you need to go when the cranes and other birds come in. It is awesome. OK for some reason I can't get the pictures in order.
So you have evening to daylight.

All the black dots on the horizon are birds coming in.

No sewing has been done this month. Starting on Thanksgiving weekend we have been working the fundraiser everyday for band. We wrap gifts at Borders Bookstore for donations. I am the organizer and have two stores, so far it is going slow, hope things pick up.

Take care,

Erlinda

WOW its been a long time

Wow, I can't believe its been so long from the last post. Time flies when your busy. What has been going on:

Went to Taos for one day to turn the pilot on the heater so pipes don't freeze. The temps have been getting low. I also got to pick some apples and still trying to fry and freeze them.

Went to Las Cruces for the Tournament of the Bands and got to see my three older kids perform in one day. It was cold, but worth it. I got to see Brian play for the first time live.

We got 2 new students in class and they are ED and driving us nuts.

Sold goodies for Girl Scouts at the Lego Robotic competition.

Ran a booth for my sewing group at the church ministry.

Cub Scout stuff and Boy Scout stuff were done.

Had yesterday off to relax, but landed up cleaning my sewing area, then my closet, then the bath rooms and kitchen. Also, cleaned the garage and did laundry. Things I just could not get too. Now that things are clean I need a day to relax.

Here is a picture of Brian performing for NMSU Pride Marching Band. I think its a cool picture.


Off to work. Enjoy your day.

Take Care

Erlinda

POB Pictures

Here is Kevin and Emily after POB. They are not in uniform before band events so I have to get pictures after. Congratulations to these two and drumline.

Read Emily's post below to see what POB is about.

Take Care,

Erlinda

Marching Band POB

Hi its Emily!!

I know I haven't posted in a long long time but I have been so busy with band rehearsal. Today was POB with stands for Pageant of Bands. Our marching band has been putting a lot of long hours of practice for this competition, and 2 other competitions that will be coming up. We performed our marching show at Wilson stadium and were judged. It wasn't our best performance because 2 people fell, one person sprained is ankle and one the the flute players had an asthma attack but we were able to keep together. Drum line was able to do most of our stuff pretty well today. After our performance we watched the larger schools perform. Then finally we got to the awards ceremony. In our division we won 2nd place, best percussion, best woodwinds and the peoples choice award. We were all so happy. But the best part was after we looked at the total score for all the divisions put together we found out that our percussion group came in 2nd place! Today was a victorious day for marching band. Above is a picture of the 4 trophies we got.

Posted by EM

Why I Went Late to Work on Thursday

Ok, these are out of order, but its Balloon Fiesta time in Albuquerque and you never know where a balloon is going to land.

Not the Pepsi, but the other balloon landed on our street and blocked my drive way. Yes, I could of gotten out (they offered to move the balloon before deflating it), but I said "no". Matthew has never put up a balloon and this was an awesome experience I could not pass.

It was right in front of the house, so being the good mama I am (ha ha) I let him help. And went to work/school late. I just could not pass this up, Matthew learned a lot, he asked questions, got in the basket, helped deflate the balloon, and the pilot showed him everything to do with ballooning. We had a great time. He learned more in that hour than he learned in the whole two weeks they have been studying balloons in school.

This morning we went to breakfast with the drumline (they have Pageant of the Bands today) at 6 am then Matthew and I went and watched the balloons launch. It was a very beautiful morning for them to go up. The ski was filled with color full balloons. Pictures to come later.

Take Care,

Erlinda