So, our Christmas performance...

It went pretty well, all things considered, but in order to explain that, I have to start at the beginning.

We had our Christmas performance last night, but we got a phone call about a week ago asking if we would consider doing some music for about a half an hour to 45 minutes at a Christmas party for special needs kids. We agreed, we would have plenty of time to get to our other performance, and it's for a good cause. We ended up sending dad, and some of the boys to set up the majority of our equipment at SCC (where we were performing) and mom, Luke, Kathryn, Esther, and I went to play for the kids party, while Gracie and the other boys went with dad. We only took two speakers, a couple of microphones, and the small soundboard with us, plus our instruments. Dad had the rest of the stuff thankfully.

So we played, the kids loved it, and it went really well. We started packing up and moving our stuff out of the way, then we realized that the clock in the room was slow, and we were going to be late for our sound check at SCC, so we were hurrying to get out of there. Well mom went to get the car, and we loaded up and got out of there. I noticed that it didn't take as long to load up, but I thought it was because we were in a hurry...

So anyway, we get to SCC, call the boys and get our stuff in there, and start tuning, running sound checks, etc... when we realize that we are missing one speaker, a couple of cables, and some microphone heads. Then we realize that my violin is missing as well. The boys were able to run the system without that speaker and the cables, but I needed my violin. I was freaking out because not only did I not have it, but I'd checked that it wasn't in the room,  so it wasn't a matter of me just leaving it by accident. It it's my grandfathers violin, so not only is it old and have an awesome sound, but it's sentimental too. Not to mention that its worth a lot!

My mom, ever practical, knew we couldn't do it without my violin, unless we did some major improv on piano, guitar, etc... and we weren't exactly prepared for that, so she called some friends of ours who lived close, and asked if we could borrow Anna's violin for the concert, they got there almost immediately, and basically saved the day. I had calmed down by now, and was tuning the little fiddle (KK's, it's a 1/32, it's practically peanut sized. super cute!) and at 7:00 we were ready and we made it through the show, it actually went really well. I have learned that there is a whole new meaning to the phrase "The Show must go on" :P

We made some calls this morning, and nothings turned up so far, what we think happened, is when we had the stuff by the car, while we were doing a check in the building, someone came up and grabbed whatever was on top or something. So we'll see. It's kind of bad because I had a borrowed bow in my case at the time, and I emailed the person I borrowed it from, asking how expensive the bow was, and she replied, well over $500. Ouch. So we're praying that the violin turns up, and the speaker, and stuff would be nice too. :)

~Hannah

Hey everyone

Hey guys,
Wow two months go by and I don't update this thing once. I'm still alive, just busy. Where to start... Well for one, the reason I kind of stopped updating is because my laptop crashed and like, won't turn on. So I'm computer-less. I can use the family one, it's just hard to get a nice uninterupted chunk of time in grand central station, otherwise known as our kitchen. :P

So, there's not a whole lot else to say right now really, life is busy, discouraging, chaotic, and encouraging at the same time. Sometimes I feel like I'm riding in the passengers seat, with a crazy driver at the wheel. Scary, but kind of thrilling at the same time.

"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" Ive really come to love this verse in the past few weeks, it's so encouraging to know that the Lord is always with me. I have awesome friends who are always ready to pray for me or talk or listen or whatever, but g
god is always there.

I just realized how much I miss writing here.

~Hannah