Piano, Soccer, and Conference

Ben started piano lessons on Thursday. We bought a cheap, second-hand keyboard for him to start practicing on while we are making our final decision about what one we want to buy. He doesn’t seem overly enthusiastic, but he did great at his first lesson and during his first practice session. Music lessons will be whole new adventure in this house.

Emily spent an hour or two playing. After testing out every “voice” on the keyboard, she learned the simple little songs from Ben’s first lesson and wanted me to teach her more from the book. Hopefully she will still love it when it is her turn to start lessons.

Nate is the designated piano practice helper/enforcer.

Elise taking her turn. Thank everything for headphones.

Emily’s turn. She has amazing morning hair.

Ben being Ben.

Ben giving Abby her own private concert.

The spring soccer season started yesterday. The kids were excited to get back out and play. It is fun to watch them. We’ve gotten kind of spoiled about having our Saturdays to do projects around the house. It might take a little adjustment period to get back into the swing of things with soccer practice two nights a week and two games every Saturday. It’s all good.

Emily’s kick-off.

Ben in the thick of the action.

Nate hooked up our HD tuner downstairs so we could watch general conference on the big screen. High definition is awesome! So was conference. For some reason it was lots easier to pay attention watching in the movie room. Fewer distractions, I guess.

The girls ready with their “conference bingo” cards. (We don’t comb hair on conference Sundays.)

Abby was feeling under-represented. Here she is in her new chair from Grandma Reatha.