We spent Tanner's birthday feeling pretty exhausted.  He managed to catch a couple hours of sleep inbetween classes.  Thank you everyone who called to wish him a happy birthday.  I'm sorry that he didn't answer the phone, but I put the phone on mute and took the girls to the park so that he could sleep undisturbed.  He listened to all your messages, and hopefully will find time during the week to return all of the calls.  Our class schedule is in crunch time.  The week before Thanksgiving, and since colleges here are on the semester schedule there will be finals to take the week after that.  I like the semester schedule because we will end up with almost a month and a half off of school.  It's tempting to take a crash course during that time, but we've decided to take a break, work on the house and recover from the grueling schedule we've been keeping for over six months.

In early December we'll be part of the local ice show.  Our class opted to do the show rather than individual performances.  It's kind of neat because there have been quite a number of students that have worked really hard at the ice skating, and so they actually look good.  Whatever might happen, I'm hoping that Jonny will be able to bring the girls to one of the shows though that might be a little difficult for him to manage.

We're gearing up for the Christmas season in choir.  We have over 20 anthems that we are practicing and will open the season with The Hanging of Greens on the 29th of November.  After that we will have our normal Sunday load as well as a performance with the Brazos Valley Symphony.  Lots and lots of fun and very challenging.  Every time I sing I wish my mom and mom-in-law were down here belting it out with us.  They would have so much fun with all the different types of music, plus being surrounded with ADULT singers rather than children.

Reagan loves her choir school.  She looks forward to every Wednesday, and when I tell her that she needs to take a nap so that she can go to school, she crawls into bed without protest.  I love listening to Kate and Reagan chanting and singing songs as they pick up toys or run around in the backyard.  Another plus is that while the girls are at choir, I get a little one on one time with Georgie.