"You Make Your Own Busy"

My gramma used to say that phrase to me all the time, and she still does when I tell her I'm too busy to do something or too busy to stay longer at Thanksgiving. It's true, though. One of my make myself busy things this year was volunteering with the Mountain Crest Marching Band. Last weekend we went to St. George and Las Vegas to compete and they did a fantastic job. They were able to pull off the three best shows I've seen all season. We were thrilled when they made finals in Vegas and then placed 9th out of the top 10 bands in the region. They've really progressed farther in one year than I had thought they would. Kudos also to Davis High and Sky View for placing in the top ten as well - and also to American Fork for sweeping the show! I wonder if Michele even reads this blog...

This weekend I was at Michele's watching competitions with her. We watched several really great bands and I think that AF will provide some good competition for them. It'll be fun to watch, I think. Friday night I drove out to Jenna's place in Eagle Mountain to hang out at her Halloween party. It was pretty fun! She had the whole house decorated and had games and food and people. It was great to talk to her family again and I have resolved to spend some time out there - provided I can find it again. Eagle Mountain apparently isn't too concerned about whether or not the street signs are visible when people are driving...

Today was stake conference. Well, there was a meeting last night, too. The stake choir sang "Behold the Wounds in Jesus' Hands" last night, and we had a string quartet playing the accompaniment rather than the organ. They all did a fabulous job! Today we sang "In Humility, Our Savior" from the hymnbook while the pianist embellished the parts. Ally and Sara in all their flute and violin glory played an obligatto of sorts as well. I think this one was my favorite. :) We also did the Mack Wilberg arrangement of "The Spirit of God". Our stake has some great guy singers and this was a good way to show them off a little. And, it makes for a neat singng experience. It's amazing, whenever I lead a church choir they always sound great. Standing in the choir isn't always as rewarding, but in front is always uplifting.

Now that marching band and stake choir are over I'm thinking things will slow down a little... ;)