Mac's beginning guitar concert and another snow day

Mac had his grand finale of guitar tonight with a concert. He's been going to guitar every Tuesday morning before school and we got to see him perform before Christmas for some community concerts, but this one was for the parents and inside where guitars stay tuned. :) It was great. Mac will go on to Intermediate Guitar next year, and was asked by his teacher to perform at a convention in Denver next Fall. 50 of them were asked from Bauder to go, it's a great deal to play in, so he'll be continuing to practice with his teacher over the Summer. I'm excited for him.


Getting some nervous laughter out before the concert.


Singing his heart out!


Performing one song...


And another...


Ummmmm,was kind of trying to get a picture of our star!


That's better!

So it was snowing when we left for the concert...and snowing when we got out. Probably have 12-18inches. After we got the kids in bed, Sam checked his e-mail and saw that Poudre School District had already called tomorrow a snow day. He went downstairs, flipped on the lights, and announced this to the kids. Here's their response..



Major elation! If you need us tomorrow, we'll be on the sledding hills!

Eliason's are still here!

It takes me a snow day to finally get a blog out! Actually the boys had today scheduled to be off for teacher's conferences, but it's been snowing since we got up, so we've gone nowhere. It's nice to be snowed in once in a while... Here's some of what we've been up to...


We had a derby race for cub scouts. Mac and Nate started off the race against each other.


Nate's car is sandwiched between the McDonald's car and police car, and Mac's is on the end.


Boys waiting for their cars. Neither of them made ones with much speed...to their dismay.


However, little sister entered in the "open" round this year...


Here's got first and flew off the track! (Orange racecar)


Gettin' some knucks from Daddy!


Nate's birthday! He asked me for days for Madden. He is my one kid that really wants one thing. Mac was excited to get him a basketball...


Nate's been into basketball for a bit. We're trying to get him to work more on his dribbling...he likes to work on his threes!


We've had a new addition to our family! This is Delaney, she's a beagle/lab mix. We got her from a shelter in town and she is awesome...such a good dog. She's very active, full of energy. She's also a digger...cultivating our garden on a regular basis and an escape artist.


Here Elly is looking over our fence for her. I've had to do this a few times as well, as Laney has dug under our fence. We think our back yard is finally secure....


Giving each other a bit of love!


Easter morning. Can you tell Daddy got the pic of the kids?! To his credit...it is hard to get a picture of kids and a dog with everyone smiling...looking at the camera. They did all look smashing that morning though.


Elly was excited!


I got to go with Mac's class to the Butterfly Pavilion. Didn't partake in the holding of Rosie though...assume they don't want a chaperone peeing her pants!


A butterfly landed on Mac. That I could have handled.


So this is today. I'm guessing we have 8-10 inches of snow. Laney loves it....we love it. Although I'm supposed to be running in a half marathon on Sunday and wondering what that's going to look like. Starts at 6am in the morning...not sure why a race has to start at 6 in the morning in April in Colorado...but it does. I'm not going to complain about it anymore though. :)

I got a trip to Seattle to meet my newest nephew and be with family. Sam's working hard. He is busy, more busy than he has time for...but we are grateful for the success of his company. Mac has started playing soccer and Nate football...so our days are full. We are grateful for a snow day to slow us down. :)