On the Job at The Christmas Rehersal

This coming year will be Arowyn's second year working as an intern for our company. But she's not our youngest intern anymore because Teagan's now joined our crew as well. They've actually both been our "littlest interns" for years now but when they went on the job with us they didn't serve a function it was just because I wasn't able to find babysitting for them so they had to come along. Although I guess you could say they worked PR because they were always chatting people up and pointing out the fact that it was their mommy holding the camera taking pictures. During last year's dance season we decided to let Arowyn try her hand at taking some pictures during the rehearsal for the dance performance. She had been using my camera at home taking nature pictures and knew how to handle it with care and how it worked so during the rehearsal she was allowed to stand in the wings and shoot some pictures of the girls dancing onstage. Tomorrow we have a church play that we will be videotaping but today was the rehearsal so I set them both lose to get some shots of the kids during their practice. They had a lot of fun and were very proud to be working side by side with daddy & mommy.

 Our little intern Arowyn circa 2009

 Our little intern Teagan circa 2009

 Arowyn taking pictures today

Teagan helping Daddy man the video camera 

 Arowyn taking more pictures

Teagan and Daddy working side by side

Flag Football: Game 6

Today was so cold that even though the weather was ok it was just too cold and windy to be outside so we were in gym again today. Both Arowyn & Teagan were pumped that they both had a chance to run with the ball today. What a great end to a fun season.

The opening prayer 

 Teagan doing his best to hold back the blue horde

 Arowyn trying to stare down one of the blue players

 Arowyn blocking for her quarterback

 This is the only shot I have of Arowyn with the ball 

in this game she's the fuzzy yellow blur with 

the long hair behind everyone

 Teagan gets the ball and starts to run for it

 Ouch! That's got to hurt.

 And the blue team member takes Teagan all 

the way to the ground (I think he might of been 

confused about this being flag football and not touch)

 Teagan though takes it like a champ and didn't 

even cry. In fact if you look closely even 

though his eyes are still closed he 

has a slight grin on his face. 

 Teagan gets the ball again

 Arowyn doing her best to block 

for her quarterback

Arowyn & Teagan all worn out

Cooking With Teagan: Chocolate Chip Cookies

We're getting ready for Christmas today with doing a little holiday baking. Teagan made a batch of chocolate chip cookies which turned out delicious although one tray of them were slightly over done to the point where they are not burned but they were a tad crunchy. Today was one of our busy days so it took us awhile to get this all done which is the reason for the outfit changes because a couple of times we had to stop where we were to run out to ballet and then later on Cub Scouts and by the time they were all baked it was bed time.

Excitement at Violin

What a surprise we got when we pulled up to our violin teachers house today and found most of her front yard turned into a gaping hole and all kinds of really cool earth moving equipment sitting all around. While we were waiting for our turn we got to sit in the sitting room and watch in amazement as they placed a very large tube into the hole. Today during his lesson Teagan actually obeyed his teacher and instead of the customary whining and fidgeting got right down to business which was amazing due to all the excitement going on in the front yard.

 Walking from where we had to park to her house

 The front yard

Teagan playing Twinkle Variation A with his teacher

Cub Scouts: Field Trip to KTVO

Teagan and his Cub Scout troop had a field trip to the KTVO news station here in Kirksville this evening. They got to be in the room with the news anchors and sit there and watch as they broadcast the evening news in Spanish. Then after the broadcast they got to talk with the news anchors and got to ask them questions and see how the green screen works.

Teagan's Cub Scout Troop at the news desk 

with Vanessa Alonso & Nancy Cruz

 Vanessa showing them how the green screen works

 Vanessa showing them why you don't want to wear 

this shade of green on the green screen or you disappear!

 Teagan asking Vanessa a question 

about doing the weather

 Teagan telling Vanessa a story

 The Cub Scout troop and siblings with Vanessa

Behind the scenes in the news office

Flag Football: Game 5

It was too cold and wet today for our game to be outdoors so we were inside today. Being indoors took a little getting used to because for the first couple of plays everyone was trying to figure out which way they were supposed to be going and what was considered out of bounds and all. But all in all it was a good game today both Arowyn and Teagan got to have a turn being the quarterback and getting to run with the ball, they didn't make it up the field any but they both had fun trying.

Going over the game plan

Teagan blocking for his quarterback

Getting ready for the snap

Arowyn going for the flag

Rushing the other teams quarterback

Arowyn in the mix

Teagan gets handed the ball

Teagan goes for it

Teagan trying to get past his opponents

And off comes his flag

Teagan blocking

Arowyn & Teagan watching an awesome pass

Arowyn hot on his tail

Arowyn gets the ball and goes for it

Truman Wind Symphony

We made it out to see the Truman Wind Symphony concert tonight. Arowyn & Teagan enjoyed the music and on schedule by the fourth song Teagan was completely gone. It was an overall beautiful performance though. And we especially enjoyed getting to see our dear friend Megan Hueber play the piano in the last two pieces.

Teagan down for the count

Megan playing the piano

More Megan

Megan again
(you might be sensing a theme here by now)

My quickly stitched photos
showing the whole orchestra

Megan being recognized

And last one of Megan