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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Mrs. Crazy Last Name
Well, the last time I posted was just after I got engaged, so it seems appropriate that my next post would be after I'm married! Greg and I got married just 2 weeks ago and he keeps telling me it was the best wedding he's ever been to. It was great to spend some time with family and friends in the days leading up to the wedding, and the wedding itself...I guess it was my favorite wedding, too :)
My bridesmaids (and honorary bridesmaid :) ) were the 6 greatest girls in the world! It was so wonderful to stay up late talking with these ladies. I gave them a hard time about being my "blubbering bridesmaids" but it was very sweet to see how happy they are for me and Greg. I've already promised Jessica I'll be a hot mess whenever she gets married, too.
The ceremony couldn't have been any more perfect. The rehearsal was insane, which apparently is normal. Someone should fix that...but anyway. Ceremony was wonderful. At the reception, Greg and I got to play a duet together, and he got to play the duet on his new marimba that he just got this semester! We worked together to arrange "My One and Only Love" for marimba and clarinet. We had our first dance after that, which has been everyone's favorite part of the day so far. The jury's still out as far as I'm concerned...the power went out! The first time was just a flicker and we all laughed our way through it. The second time was a little longer, but still holding it together. The THIRD time, it was out for about a minute. It felt like at least 6 days, but everyone said it was their favorite part because they got to see Greg try and, as one person described it, "talk her off the ledge."
We had a photo booth, which was a HUGE hit! I was in that thing at least 12 times. And since it was my party, I got to go to the front of the line whenever I wanted! Greg was able to hire the percussion teacher from his school to put together a combo to play for the reception. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous about that because I never got to hear them until the day of, but they were fantastic! I'm pretty sure they got some more gigs lined up because of how well they played! The dinner music was light and jazzy, not distracting enough to stop the conversation at the table, and when dinner was over, they rocked out with some classic rock, oldies, pop, anything. The person who got the dancing started? My mom! I'm pretty sure my grandparents will hate me for the rest of their lives, but we had an awesome time!
For our honeymoon we went to Gulf Shores, AL and spent a week lying on the beach, playing putt putt, and visiting Bellingrath Gardens and the Mobile Art Museum. Greg did an awesome job planning the week! We're already trying to figure out when we can go back!
Now, the honeymoon is over, and we've actually gone back to work already. We spent this past weekend at Texas Bandmasters Association in San Antonio, and we start our summer band camps in another week. We are still in the process of unpacking and settling into our house, but we love it and couldn't be more excited with the house we got. Many, many pictures of the wedding and house will be up soon!
My bridesmaids (and honorary bridesmaid :) ) were the 6 greatest girls in the world! It was so wonderful to stay up late talking with these ladies. I gave them a hard time about being my "blubbering bridesmaids" but it was very sweet to see how happy they are for me and Greg. I've already promised Jessica I'll be a hot mess whenever she gets married, too.
The ceremony couldn't have been any more perfect. The rehearsal was insane, which apparently is normal. Someone should fix that...but anyway. Ceremony was wonderful. At the reception, Greg and I got to play a duet together, and he got to play the duet on his new marimba that he just got this semester! We worked together to arrange "My One and Only Love" for marimba and clarinet. We had our first dance after that, which has been everyone's favorite part of the day so far. The jury's still out as far as I'm concerned...the power went out! The first time was just a flicker and we all laughed our way through it. The second time was a little longer, but still holding it together. The THIRD time, it was out for about a minute. It felt like at least 6 days, but everyone said it was their favorite part because they got to see Greg try and, as one person described it, "talk her off the ledge."
We had a photo booth, which was a HUGE hit! I was in that thing at least 12 times. And since it was my party, I got to go to the front of the line whenever I wanted! Greg was able to hire the percussion teacher from his school to put together a combo to play for the reception. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous about that because I never got to hear them until the day of, but they were fantastic! I'm pretty sure they got some more gigs lined up because of how well they played! The dinner music was light and jazzy, not distracting enough to stop the conversation at the table, and when dinner was over, they rocked out with some classic rock, oldies, pop, anything. The person who got the dancing started? My mom! I'm pretty sure my grandparents will hate me for the rest of their lives, but we had an awesome time!
For our honeymoon we went to Gulf Shores, AL and spent a week lying on the beach, playing putt putt, and visiting Bellingrath Gardens and the Mobile Art Museum. Greg did an awesome job planning the week! We're already trying to figure out when we can go back!
Now, the honeymoon is over, and we've actually gone back to work already. We spent this past weekend at Texas Bandmasters Association in San Antonio, and we start our summer band camps in another week. We are still in the process of unpacking and settling into our house, but we love it and couldn't be more excited with the house we got. Many, many pictures of the wedding and house will be up soon!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
I thought Spring was the easy semester...
1st semester: check. We're well into the 2nd semester...and I feel it will be crazier than the 1st! I'm really proud of how far the junior high concert band has come. We still have some behavior issues, but they're with a small handful of students that since most of the class is under control, we can work to smack that out of them. I'm really excited to take these guys to contest in April.
High school...is slowly turning around. Opposed to the junior high classes which I picked up in August, these guys I didn't really start working with by myself until December, so we're still in the figuring out my expectations stage. A couple weeks ago they were so bad that I set up the band room like study hall and we wrote the band expectations for the entire hour. 2 days in a row. They HATED me when they came in that second day, but now I just remind them that I will make them rewrite the band expectations if I'm not convinced that they know what they are, and they get quiet pretty fast. Sometimes, I even enjoy being in that class :)
Next Saturday, I'm taking the color guard to contest. We've been working since January and it's been a struggle. This week was the first time I had a practice with 100% attendance. I also lost half the guard gradually through the semester, which meant I was writing a new show every week for a while. But now they all know the show and I think we'll have a lot of fun at the contest.
On top of all the work at school...I'm now engaged! I am very, very, very excited, but I am now also very, very, very busy! It's awesome that my mom is back in Houston until the wedding, because there is no way we could get married this summer if she wasn't here!
High school...is slowly turning around. Opposed to the junior high classes which I picked up in August, these guys I didn't really start working with by myself until December, so we're still in the figuring out my expectations stage. A couple weeks ago they were so bad that I set up the band room like study hall and we wrote the band expectations for the entire hour. 2 days in a row. They HATED me when they came in that second day, but now I just remind them that I will make them rewrite the band expectations if I'm not convinced that they know what they are, and they get quiet pretty fast. Sometimes, I even enjoy being in that class :)
Next Saturday, I'm taking the color guard to contest. We've been working since January and it's been a struggle. This week was the first time I had a practice with 100% attendance. I also lost half the guard gradually through the semester, which meant I was writing a new show every week for a while. But now they all know the show and I think we'll have a lot of fun at the contest.
On top of all the work at school...I'm now engaged! I am very, very, very excited, but I am now also very, very, very busy! It's awesome that my mom is back in Houston until the wedding, because there is no way we could get married this summer if she wasn't here!
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