Basketball and Band Concert

Ashlyn had a basketball game Monday night, and while she didn't get to play during the regular game (pretty much only the starters played), she did get to play in two extra quarters against a team from the Christian School in Mason. They ended up losing 8-7, but Ashlyn made 3 of the points - 1 from a free throw that Mom managed to snap a good pic of :) YAY Ashlyn - she made points and got fouled - so we were very proud of her!


Tuesday morning, Ashlyn informed us there would be a Christmas band concert that evening - nice warning! Anyway, we were able to get her there of course, and I remembered my camera this year! This year was a little different as there were 3 bands (beginner, white and purple) instead of two (beginner, 7th-8th grade). The white and purple were both combos of 7th and 8th graders and have different teachers. Ashlyn is in the purple band and WOW, they sounded great. We were impressed with how much better they'd gotten since last year - hardly any squeaks :) and much more complex.

Here's a video of her band playing Feliz Navidad - it doesn't have a great picture, but you can hear the music. You can see Ashlyn's head in the middle behind the dark-haired girl in front.



Now compare that to her first year Ashlyn's Beginner Band Concert - 2007

Whoa!