Our stay at Jason and Kristy's house

Hey Kristina here updating. Sorry we haven't been updating much lately. So much has been going on although school's been out. A week ago we got to go over to our cousins (Jason and Kristy's) house. We all had a blast! We played life (well Lauren Stacie and I). Kristy and Amy got to play Yahtzee. Amy and I even got to play Zoo Tycoon for the first time. Ryan, Lauren, and Stacie did a couple little plays and here are a couple pictures from them.

Okay also we (Amy, Stacie and me) learned to play a new game. We had someone blindfolded try to catch the others who are moving around a room (in this case the living room) while giving the blindfolded person clues as to where they are in the room. Here's one of the videos I took on my camera. Sorry the sound isn't so great.

ALL SUPERIOR RATINGS!!

Kristina's school had a band contest and got first division (superior) ratings. They get judged on tone quality, intonation, articulation, rhythm/ precision/ tempo, note accuracy/technique, interpretation/ style, balance/ blend, phrasing/ expression, and dynamics. For 19 consecutive YEARS they have gotten ALL SUPERIOR RATINGS! We are all so happy that the tradition is still going. That was last Thursday. Today(Thursday), the choir had a contest that was the same. They made 2 Excellent ratings and 2 Superiors ratings and 1 Superior ratings in sight reading. They did such a great job! I'm so proud of them! When I get to high school I hope to be apart of the NPHS band and choir!!

Band Pre-contest Concert 2009

Hey everybody Kristina here updating the blog. Thursday night I had a band concert. It was so much fun. My best friend Martha was there, and She says she had an awsome time. We played three songs: Children of the Shrine, And the Fire Raged, and Celtic Ritual. Next week, we're playing the same music and we're going to be judged and then rated. If we get all ones then it will be our 19th consecutive year Sweepstakes! So the pressure is on to keep tradition going.

The picture to the left is (from left to right) Me, Martha, Stacie, and Amy. This is after the concert. My mom recorded it so hopefully I'll be able to upload it to the blog soon.

The picture to the right is me and my best friend Martha whom I wrote about already. This is again after the concert.

Okay below are a few more photos from the concert. She told me that she had a really great time the Sunday after the concert at mass. Well I best be going and making lunch! Bye-bye!