Spring Recital

On Saturday our music students had their end-of-the-year recital. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Some of the students just before the recital started. You can click on the program below to view it larger.

These are the students who played in the recital this year. We have several other students who were unable to play in the recital for various reasons.

The students wearing the yellow "practice ribbons" are the ones who met their practice goal for the entire school year.

Here are the students and the teachers.This was Rebekah's first recital. She played "An Old Fashioned Song" by Leroy Anderson.Kaylee played "Home, Sweet Home" by Henry Bishop.Jonathan announces his piece, "The Thunderer" by John Phillip Sousa.Ty played "Meadow Minuet" by Frank Longay.Deborah and Melissa played a Beethoven Trio with one of Melissa's students, Cody.Laura Beth curtsies after playing "Vivace" by Kuhlau.Ethan, Matthew, and Jonathan played a trumpet trio, "Chiapanecas".Kenly played "Rondino" by Willard Palmer.Wyatt played "Concertino in G Major" by Adolph Huber.Bethany announces her song, Durand's "Waltz in Eb". Grant bows after playing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".Edyn played "I'm Called Little Buttercup" by Gilbert and Sullivan.Tryston played "Pasquinade" by Gottschalk.

Students

As of today, lessons are over for this school year.

I have really had a fun year helping five darling children, and I'm going to miss them this summer!

Here is a picture of me with one precious student...

...and a cute video of another.

Chicken Videos

We processed our meat chickens on Friday. Here are a couple videos we put together. Part 1 - The Life Of A Broiler Part 2 - The Death Of A Broiler - This video features our new chicken plucker that Daddy and the boys made! We are so thankful that we have a plucker now! We finished processing in less than half the time it usually takes.

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Mama found this cute little guy in our front yard beside the side walk.

Rain and the Garden

We have had so much rain.... our fields are really wet!

The corn fieldThe plants are coming up in spite of the water.Green beansIn the woodsEverything looks so green after all the rain!

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. ~Psalm 65:10

Recent Photography Sessions

Here are a few samples from some of the photo sessions we have done this spring.

You can visit http://www.heritagephotographytn.com/ to view more photos from these sessions.

Enjoying Spring!

Planting the fields earlier this weekThe garden from a bug's perspective :)David sorting through the seedsThe azaleas are bloomingA stormy skyTennessee's state flower - the iris Stuart gets a bath!A beautiful butterflyBlackberry blossom Blueberries Baby bluebirds