What a Beautiful Day!

It is the most beautiful day today in Flagstaff. It feels like it is about to rain and it is overcast. So beautiful! It is nice and cool too, which is such a refreshing change!

Preston Dee

Preston will be 2 years old on June 25th. He is a lively, active, funny little boy. He cracks us up all the time! He is saying a ton of new words and learning new ones everyday. His favorite words are car, truck, tractor,and train. He love to "choo choo" with the trains as they go by. He can count to ten, sort of, and spell his name, sort of. We also think he's quite the handsome little boy, I think we'll keep him.

Our Move to Flagstaff

Well, we moved into a little 2 bedroom apartment at the beginning of May. It was hard on me at first because I missed my cute little home in Taylor, which we will rent our while we're here. I was sad for Preston too, because he was leaving his favorite things like the horses and dog next door. I also knew I would be leaving my sisters and that was really heartbreaking. I love being close to them. I love seeing Kristi's kids grow and I LOVED giving them piano lessons and spending one on one time with them.
But..we are getting used to Flagstaff again and all its perks. We are in are old ward and that is fun, to get to see old friends. It is such a great ward.
Joel is excited to start school and I am excited for him, but sometimes it is hard to imagine two years stuck in a little apartment when I was so used to our 3 bedroom home with a large front and back yard. I was spoiled I know. I didn't know how good I had it!!!

Joel's Singing

Update: Joel's quartet will be singing at Blue Ridge High School July 12th in Lakeside as part of the High Country Chorus annual show.

Their quartet also received a wild card invitation to the Far Western District quartet competition in Bakersfield, CA in October.

Joel is still actively participating in the Barbershop Harmony Society (SPEBSQSA). He and Will Sullivan started a quartet when we moved to Taylor. They sang in a quartet called 'JDJ and the Upright Bass' and competed in the annual division contest in Phoenix the following spring. They also sang for various functions in and around the White Mountains and had a great time doing it.

They competed again this year in April in Phoenix and had a 120 point improvement over
last year, but just missed out on qualifying for the district competition by 0.8%. This year the competed under a new name 'Composition 4' and used a new tenor Chris Palmer. It was a blast and Joel and Will stayed up until 3:oo a.m. singing tags at the afterglow. Joel has a blog of his own for his quartet at www.jdjquartet.blogspot.com