Kelly went to a piano seminar on Saturday put on by a guy named Jim Brickman. There were a hundred or so people there. He picked three people out of the crowd to play something for him. Kelly was in the back row, but when he asked for volunteers to play, she raised her hand. He picked her. He gave her lots of praise and told her he would like her to submit a video to his biannual competition. She was very inspired by the whole event (as were all the rest of us).
Christian and I went to a University of North Carolina Tarheel baseball game on Saturday with our friend Lester. It was a great time. The are currently the second ranked college team in the country. They were playing against Florida State University, the third ranked team in the country. North Carolina really did not play so well, but until the game got postponed because a thunderstorm was coming in, it was super fun evening. The game was at an absolutely beautiful facility. I think it is where the USA Olympic baseball team trains. At any rate it is called the USA Baseball National Training Complex. I was reminded that going to baseball games is as much about hanging out with your friends as it is about baseball.
We took Grandpa Lauro and Grandma Conchita to the airport early on Sunday morning. It was so good to have them here with us for a week. Then, after meeting, our friends Troy and Youngin took us to a Korean restaurant for Korean barbeque. It was truly amazing. Of course, I ate way to much, but that is some of the best food in the world. They do these taco things only they use lettuce leaves instead of tortillas to hold everything together. The spices are absolutely wonderful. We just had the best time in the world.
Update: Bryan found a very cool link and sent it to the kids. Christian and I are BIG fans of this kind of thing–a grassroots effort to launch nano-satellites into orbit–and it based out of Portland State University, of all places. It would be WAY fun to get involved in something like that.
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GO TARHEELS!
It’s funny. I mentioned to a guy sitting behind us that our beloved Oregon State Beavers had not been doing so well this year. He was mad because Oregon State thumped North Carolina so bad the last two years to win the college world series and they are getting hot again at the end of the year this year. He thinks there is a chance OSU will beat them for the third time in a row at the college world series. That is, if the Tar Heels get that far! 🙂
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Grrr…