I feel like I lost a bit of time this spring, with the months seeming almost indistinguishable. Still, I have my photo app to remind me what happened when :)
In April we were dealing with the house being for sale. We put in applications for two other houses and were offered contracts at both, but then our landlords convinced us to stay here, even taking the house off the market.
The day after all that happened, Janae left with her jazz band/vocal jazz group for New Orleans! She'd been looking forward to this trip all year, and it did not disappoint. She listened to some of the best music she's ever heard and really enjoyed all the historic sights (just don't ask her about Bourbon Street....).
Since Janae plays piano for the band, she got to carry around her 100-pound keyboard all day as they went from one performance to another.
And on one of the last days, she discovered their hotel was only blocks away from a performance of one of her favorite musicals! Unfortunately, they couldn't go see it, but she was still pretty excited that it was so close :)
In May, the big event was Becca and Brody's wedding--I got to go and help my sisters decorate the day before, and we were able to attend the beautiful wedding and reception on May 13.
Later in May we had a long weekend for Victoria Day, and we visited a bird sanctuary at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver.
Afterwards, we went to the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge, and got "trapped" on the other side because of an emergency incident that happened on the bridge (yikes!). We actually found another way back, but it was a lot longer, with lots of steep steps to climb.
Eric also had his school carnival at the end of May--a nice, sunny day this year! Janae and Alaina helped out with some of the games as well.
The next big event was the high school/middle school's year-end Exhibition of Learning on June 15. Janae and Alaina both performed in jazz band and choir, with Janae also singing with vocal jazz (including unexpected solo parts in "Uptown Funk") and performing with her dance class.
Whenever Alaina performs on the trombone, I always happen to be sitting in a spot where I can't see her--there's always someone sitting in front of her--so I can't get a good picture. This has resulted in Alaina claiming that there is "no evidence'' that she even plays the trombone! But at the exhibition I had a clear view and took lots of pictures :) She also played in her middle school concert band.
As always, I was blown away by what they do at their school--it's truly an amazing place.
And then this past week, Alaina performed in a puppet presentation for Indigenous Peoples Day. She and a group of students had been working with a puppeteer for several weeks after school, learning how to use these enormous, illuminated puppets to tell the story of our area's history.
Now, they're just finishing up the last few days of school! Janae's last day is today, and Eric and Alaina will be finished next week (Thursday). We're all looking forward to summer holidays :)
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