Crazy Beautiful Life

I'm sorry I've neglected you, dear blog. Just been a bit busy, you know? 

I'm going to try to back up and highlight some events in October...

It started with a friday night dance class. And then my brother teaching me more swing dance in the living room the next day. SO much fun!! 

We went to a friends wedding on a thursday, it was so pretty! 

The day after was a rehearsal for a wedding I played violin in. -funny story, I asked like 4 people to play with me (because the songs were for two violins) and finally a friend said she could do it. We had a rehearsal together, and everything was looking good. Two weeks before the wedding she called me and said she couldn't play anymore. (this is when I start to freak out!) Thankfully, another friend from orchestra agreed to play with me, and he did an amazing job! Music wise, everything went really good!- So yeah, rehearsal friday night and wedding saturday! I had so much fun playing for "my" first wedding. :) And the wedding itself was beautiful! 

The next weekend was my brother's birthday (19!) and the college orchestra concert. I don't know if I've wrote this on here, but a local college has let me come play in their orchestra. It's been an amazing experience. And I'm so thankful for the opportunity! The concerts were saturday and sunday, we played Overture to Candide, Sibelius 2nd symphony, and the Lieutenant Kije suite.  

And all through October, I had orchestra practices at least twice a week, violin lessons (taking one and giving one!) and school (I'm learning Italian!) 

It's been crazy, but oh so beautiful! 

<3 Emily

Red

I love the fall season, absolutely my favorite! 

The colors, the weather... and yes, even the clothes. I mean, who doesn't love wearing sweaters, jeans and boots without bothering with a coat just yet? ;)

Lake MI

Here are pictures from our trip to Lake MI. We had such a great time!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

<3

~Emily

Friends

It has been way too long since I've posted! Summer has flown by. But I've had a lot of cool adventures! The first (and biggest!) was my brother's graduation open house. We had just under 200 people at our house! And surprisingly, there was a lot of leftover food. :)
Second, I got my drivers license!! The road test wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it might be. But it was a really monotonous drive.
Third, string festival! This happened the first week in August, and it's a great way to start practicing again. After slacking the whole summer and then playing every day from 12:30 - 5pm...first, you are really sore...second, you can't stop playing. :) I got to be concert mistress for one of the songs! That was super fun and a totally new experience!
Fourth: I met a girl from Japan, Karen, and we had a lot of fun trying to communicate through the language barrier! I learned that I talk really fast, and through only smiles and laughing you can become friends. We went to Lake MI with her and other friends for a day. We had so much fun!
The waves were huge! (we later learned it was a day that was really too dangerous to swim, but we didn't know at the time.)
Everyone had life jackets on so we'd just float on the waves. Karen and I were a little scared at first, so we'd clench hands and tough it out. And then laugh hysterically at each other. It was so much fun!
I'll get some more photos on here soon of our whole day, but here is one of Karen and I, crazy hair and all!

 

<3

Emily

 

 

Daniel's Senior Pictures

These are a few of my brother's senior pictures.

He's so handsome!!