Summer Fun!

This is a pic of Ellie at Elm Creek Park Reserve. It's a really cool man made lake with filtered water (my favorite part!).

We usually go with my sister-in-law and her kids. They had a good time with bubbles!

Speaking of bubbles, Ellie LOVES them! They are used in Ellie's speech therapy but I think they're just good old fashion fun!

One morning I woke up and walked into Ellie's room and found her doing this! I was soooo excited and you can tell she was pretty thrilled about it too!

Ellie's 4th of July dress

Last weekend, we ran in the Time to Fly 5K/10K at Harriet Island in St. Paul. It was really fun! And SUPER HUMID! All I can say is that the portapotties were so not fun! But the rest was awesome. Great way to start the day!

More Recital Practice

Recitals on Tuesday, June 29th*

6:00 PM Recital

Brightondale Assisted Living

2700 Rice Creek Road
New Brighton, MN 55112-5300
(651) 633-6484

7:15 PM Recital

Meadowood Shores Independent Living Center

2100 Silver Lake Road

New Brighton, MN 55112

*The buildings are next to each other.

Voice Student's Recital Practice

My voice students are getting ready for their recital in a couple weeks. I filmed them so they could critique themselves on:

1. Body position

2. Phrasing (connected)

3. Facial Expression

4. Vocal tone

I needed to post this one because it was too big to send to her via e-mail. She's singing "Castle on a Cloud" from Les Miserables. Isn't she so cute and talented? (No booing the accompanist - there was a page-turn mishap!)

Blue Eyes

I love her.

She's TWO!

Ellie turned TWO in May so we called our good friend, Jen, to take her pictures. Jen also took her pictures when she was a BABY and around the time she was ONE. Jen is amazing!
You can check out more sneak peek photos at: www.jensportraits.blogspot.com