Disneyland

Now that Quinn doesn’t want to trick-or-treat for Halloween, we are looking for new ways to celebrate Halloween. Our school district is smart and schedules a teachers professional development day with no school the day after Halloween.

So we went to Disneyland. We took Quinn, Nathan, and Ethan down the night before so we wouldn’t have to get up so early to get to Disney. Lisa and I escaped for a glass of wine when we arrived.

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Fall Band Concert

WHS had their Fall Band Concert which included both the Jazz bands and Concert bands. This was their first concert with the new band director, Ken Karlin.

Quinn started playing the trombone last Fall so that he could participate in the jazz bands and this year he is in the middle level jazz band.

Quinn was not feeling well the day of the concert so I kept him home from school. He was feeling much better later in the day and was ready to play. Quinn has a solo in this performance. He’s not close enough to the microphone to hear it loudly but we are so proud of him for volunteering to play the solo — it takes courage. Here is Gumbo Caliente and Quinn’s solo is at about 1:30.

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