The King of Cool!

Piano Recital

The boys had their Christmas piano recital today. Below are their pieces.

I suppose it's about time to update...

I've been pretty bad about updating - missed the entire summer and fall - oops. Anyway here are a few pictures.

Here are the boys and I on my Birthday. Note the new ski hat - apparently this is less embarrassing than the superman hat.

The boys are having an AV Tech-Know fair this week, and this is the movie we made together. It's quite comical.



My sister had a baby on the first. Check out her blog at: http://thelangefamily.blogspot.com/. Other than that, we just had a visit from my parents for Thanksgiving that was a lot of fun (and they made it home in time to get to my sister's for the baby!) Looking forward to the holidays.

Hot Tub!!!

So we got a hot tub. It is very relaxing (after 8:30PM). The boys seem to enjoy it a lot, too. It's fun to go in before the pool is open. Here are a few pictures of us goofing around:

Talent Show at Church 4/27/2008

Christopher and Nate were in a talent show at chruch. Here is a video of each of their performances...


And here is Nate on the trumpet...

Jason turns 3!

Jason turned three while we were down in Florida visiting Grandma and Grampa. Here is our "Whiting Ma-queen" cake...

After lunch and cake, we were off to the airport. Fortunately, there was an area there where the boys could burn off a little energy.

After enjoying 80 degree weather for a week, it was painful to go back to icy cold Rochester. It looks like Phil was off by a few weeks - 6 more weeks of winter should have been over by now!

Next Great American Band?

Did anyone watch the "Next Great American Band?" In the next to last week, the band that eventually won sang a version of "This Little Light of Mine." I watched it with the boys, and apparently it made an impression on Jason. You can check out the Clark Brothers' version here.

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE/FAITH FAITH FAITH

Then come back and check out Jason's version:

The "Riek Brothers"

Pinewood Derby 2008

Tonight's pinewood derby was a lot of fun. The boys worked hard on their cars and came away with trophies. Christopher got a trophy for being the 5th fastest in the pack, and Nate got a trophy for the best design. It was nice to finally have a derby where it wasn't a "character building experience." Nate looked pretty disappointed during the races, but when they announced the trophy winners for coolest car, you should have seen his face light up. There were some phenomenal cars there tonight, but in the end, the boys vote for the coolest cars. So, to win best design, you have to know what a 6-10 year-old would think was cool. Apparently these two were "cool."

Nate's Tank

Christopher's ICAR