JUSTIN'S FIRST TRY OUT USC

I JUST TALKED TO JUSTIN AND IT IS 10:15 AM CALIFORNIA TIME HIS TRY OUT IS AT 10:45 AND HE IS READY TO GO. HE SAID MOST OF THE ONE'S TRYING OUT ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ARE PLAYING MOSTLY THE SAME PIECE. HE IS THE ONLY ONE TRYING AS GRAD STUDENT. HE WILL BE GREAT FOR THE JUDGES TO HEAR AS HE WILL BE PLAYING A DIFFERENT PIECE. HE SAID HE WAS NOT NERVOUS. I KNOW HE WILL DO JUST FINE. PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS AS HE HAS 3 MORE TRYOUTS IN THE NEXT MONTH AND HOPEFULLY GOD WILL LEAD HIM TO THE BEST SCHOOL FOR HIM. PRAY FOR HIS TRAVEL SAFETY AS WELL. I WILL UPDATE YOU ONCE I HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN.

BY THE WAY THE CHRISTMAS PICS WOULD NOT LOAD SO I JUST GAVE UP WILL SHARE THE PICS WITH YOU ALL ONCE I GET A COPY MADE OF THEM.

WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRISTMAS?

I GUESS YOU CAN TELL I'VE BEEN BEHIND IN MY BLOG. HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM SPECIAL TIMES DURING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. I HAVE A FOND MEMORY OF MY GRANNY AND SPENDING TIME WITH ME IN HER KITCHEN SO THIS YEAR I DECIDED (EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE YOUNG) I WOULD START A TRADITION OF BAKING AND DECORATING WITH THE GRAND GIRLS (AND FUTURE GRANDCHILDREN). OF COURSE I NEEDED A LITTLE HELP FROM THE MOMS FOR SOME OF THE FUN. I ACTUALLY MADE SNOW MAN CAKES AND CUPCAKES AND SUGAR CHRISTMAS COOKIES PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL. NOW FOR THE DECORATIONS I GATHERED ALL THE SPRINKLES I COULD FIND EVEN MY SON IN LAW PITCHED IN AND LOANED ME SOME OF HIS SUPPLY OF SPRINKLES. I ALSO PURCHASED A COUPLE PACKAGES OF SKITTLES AND SEPARATED THEM BY COLOR TO DECORATE THE LARGE SNOWMAN CAKES. FOR THE COOKIES I MADE MY OWN FROSTING WHICH WAS MADE WITH POWDERED SUGAR . I USED FOOD COLORING AND MADE BLUE YELLOW RED AND GREEN. ANNALISE ENJOYED THE SPRINKLES AND THEN ENJOYED COOKIES AND MOM EVEN LET HER HAVE A FROSTED ONE WHICH SHE ENDED UP SMEARING ON ME. TRULY ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT WITH HER. SHELBY CAME LATER AND SHE LIKED THE SPRINKLES BUT THE SKITTLES THAT WAS HER FUN AFTER OF COURSE HER TAKING A FEW TO ENJOY ON HER OWN. SHE HAD A GREAT TIME DECORATING. I KNOW NEXT YEAR SHE WILL HAVE TONS MORE FUN AND SO WILL I WITH BOTH OF THE GIRLS. ENJOY THE PICTURES.