Big Day!

Kara and Ben started piano lessons in late June and today they had their first recital!  With Halloween just around the corner, it was a Halloween themed event.

Both of the kids played a solo piece, a duet with their teacher and then they played a song together. 

Though they both said they were nervous, they did very well.  

Before the piano recital, the kids had soccer games and Ben scored his first goal!

And since you can't have only two kids leave the house in costume, we woke Jason from his nap to get ready to go to the recital and the only thing that held off the tears and whining was the promise that he could be Thor.

Between soccer and piano, we spent a little time at the Academy house putting furniture together because now that the paint has dried... it's time to move!

What, it's not Tuesday?

It has been and is going to be a crazy, crazy week... Our trash gets picked up on Wednesday mornings and on Monday night, I rolled the trash can out to the street.  Sho asked why I was taking out the trash a day early.  Only then did I realize it was only Monday! 

It's deja vu because it's October and Clay's Fall Festival is rapidly approaching and Kara is on crutches!  At least nothing's broken this time. 

We have a painter starting Friday and we still have not found the right paint colors.

But even though it's been really busy and I have stress tension in my shoulders like I've never had before, I have to take a moment to share some highlights...

Sho and I celebrated our 10th anniversary last Thursday.  I was out of town for work the days before and we both had meetings to attend on Thursday night, but on Friday night, Sho surprised me and made us an incredibly delicious, very thoughtful meal... The meal consisted of some of our favorite dishes from various places and restaurants we've visited in our years of marriage.  I rarely write about us on this blog, but I just had to share how incredibly touched I was when I saw this menu and how lucky I am to have such a wonderful husband...

On Saturday morning, it was back to the routine... three soccer games!  Kara and Ben's teams are both doing really well and the kids themselves are giving us lots to cheer about.  It's been fun.  Hopefully Kara's foot is healed soon so she can be back on the field.

In preparation for our move to the Academy house, Grandpa is putting cement down the driveway.  Even though it meant having the kids be late to school for the first time ever, we thought it was worth it to mark this day permanently.

The kids got to put their handprints in the cement, something I've never done, but Sho and I both agreed that it was an opportunity we could not pass up.

So now we will always have this reminder of how little they were once upon a time...