10 piano rehearsal went OK yesterday. Hannah was even more nervous for this one than our first one, and she may have rubbed off on me a little bit... It was still mostly enjoyable, but the Japanese teachers got frustrated because we're having problems playing together and people kept making mistakes. They said for tomorrow's rehearsal they're going to make everyone who makes a mistake stop playing and stand up. It was fun to see Cleo and Mrs. Tuttle there (my piano teachers). According to the music grapevine, the Japanese teachers consider the K. 545 to be one of the worst groups thus far. We'll have to change that.
Thankfully, Shannon made plans to have FHE on the grounds of the Sacramento Temple that evening, so Hannah and I got to unwind in that peaceful setting after our stressful rehearsal. There was one exciting moment when Matthew was wandering over to the drinking fountain a few yards away from our picnic dinner when Hannah started yelling, "Snake! Snake! In the grass!"
Shannon darted to Matthew and picked him up, protesting, while the rest of us took a few steps forward to see what kind of snake it was. After Shannon and Hannah's rattler stories I was kind of scared, but it turned out to be only a garter snake - and a hurt one at that. Its tail was oozing blood. At first we thought Matthew may have stepped on it by mistake, but a quick shoe check proved otherwise. The snake slithered away from us when we leaned forward for a closer look. Tyler was especially fascinated with it, although he understood the potential danger. Nobody got bit. The incident was nearly forgotten when Hannah, Matthew, Tyler, Nathaniel, Lindsay and I discovered a smooth stretch of granite to the side of a staircase (holding up the staircase railing) by the temple - a perfect slide!
Today was characterized by a busy morning and a lazy afternoon. Hannah, Lindsay and I went walking with Shannon again at 7 in the morning, then some people did music practice after breakfast, after which we ran errands (one of which was going to the Costco optometry place to get Hannah's glasses fixed - she lost a screw last night right before we were trying to leave for FHE and Scott had to wire the frame back together until we could go to an optometry center).
After we came home from errands (and getting treats at two separate places), Hannah and I practiced and then the lazy afternoon began, complete with card games, hand games, and board games. Fun times.
Monday
Matthew on the slip n' slide
It took Tyler a long time to decide to get wet
Matthew
Matthew, Tyler
Hannah, Nathaniel
Nathaniel and Matthew, who enjoyed randomly turning the water off and on
Hannah
Playing Ninja again
(Tyler, Lindsay, Nathaniel)
Hannah knows lots of hand games. Lindsay likes to learn them so she can play them with her
Everyone was really concerned about the state of Hannah's glasses
Scott used pliers and a little paperclip to wire the frame back together until we could get a new screw
Looking at the poor wounded garter snake at the Sacramento LDS Temple
Tuesday
Hannah played with Star Wars figures with Nathaniel and I this morning after Nathaniel practiced his songs on the piano
...it was about time somebody took my camera to use on me instead of the other way around... Hannah got this picture
Hannah and Lindsay made almost the same face. :)
Matthew and Hannah
Thanks for the blog post:)
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