Long Day

Today was a busier than average Monday. I left the house around 10:30 to head downtown to play for a Zondervan event as part of the International Christian Retail Show, which apparently is going on in Denver this week. You can always count on hotels to have covered areas for unloading, but at upscale locations like the Hyatt at the Convention Center, I'm always required to use the loading dock. Seems that generally, the loading dock guys always assume that I'm a lost woman in a minivan trying to access the main entrance through the loading dock. It's always kind of tricky to navigate the back halls and elevators of these places without getting turned around. Luckily, there are always many, many staff members around to ask if I need help finding the right set of elevators. In any case, the Zondervan crowd seemed to enjoy the music and I was able to leave in just enough time to get home 10 minutes before my first lesson of the day.

My newest student is actually our next door neighbor. She's taking group flute lessons, but doesn't really know enough about reading music to feel like she can keep up. So, today was her first lesson with me. I hope the language barrier won't be too tricky to over-come. I taught until 4pm and then this evening, Josh (my brother-in-law) met us for dinner. He's in town all week for a work-related class just a few minutes away. It's good to see him! My sister will join him out here this weekend. Looking forward to seeing her!

Ceremonies Galore

It's July, so that means more weddings. I've played some indoor ceremonies lately, but here are a couple outdoor photos.

This was an outdoor ceremony and cocktail hour at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield. It poured rain just a few minutes before I was supposed to start prelude music. The sky was still so threatening that I decided to set-up under the roof overhang just an extra few feet from the ceremony site. The sun did come out (and dried up all the rain...so the itsy bitsy spider...) and I was able to move out into the open for the cocktail hour.

This morning I played for a ceremony at the Boettcher Mansion. It was a small wedding (about 40 guests), but really meaningful and beautiful. It's nice to play weddings early in the day when we can spend the rest of the day together as a family.

Goodbye, Splint!

Emily's splint is off. She seems quite pleased about it, actually. I wasn't there, but apparently it was a little tricky to get one of the (very sizeable) pins out of her arm. Good thing she had a healthy dose of Oxycodone before she went. There was some bleeding involved, but nothing a regular ol' bandaid couldn't handle. The hole(s) look pretty nasty right now, but we went bandage-free under her long-sleeved jammies for the night. We'll see how it looks in the morning, I guess. According to today's x-ray, she's as good as new, though.

Blogging's been a little slow here lately between weddings, teaching, consultations and a new advertising plan. Thursdays and Fridays are usually a little bit more manageable, though...

New-Found Love

I've mentioned that Emily really likes her new 'sitter. I would upgrade that to love, actually. For the past week, when either of us goes into her room to get her in the morning, the very first thing she does is point to herself and wave bye-bye (her way of asking about her 'sitter whose name is also Emily - the waving because she always leaves after a few hours). She's always had a tendency to ask for me when she wakes up, but never before has the first thought in her head every morning been someone other than the two of us. It's kind of cute, I suppose, but this morning when I told her that Miss Emily wasn't going to be coming today and she'd be spending the day with just me, she actually burst into tears and cried for at least five minutes. She did recover, but kept asking about her throughout the day. I think this new love for Miss Emily is at least partially because she's been bringing her 10 week old puppy with her every time she comes.

We Slept In Today

I have no idea why, but since Emily's surgery, she's been sleeping much better. Her naps have been longer, and she's been sleeping in almost an hour later than normal on a regular basis. She even slept until almost 9am today! It was truly a miracle. She's slept in a few times in her life, but never on days when we can too (until today).

In other news, I'm very thankful for health insurance. Emily's little surgery amounted to over $7000. Crazy! Looks like we'll only have to pay $50. Let's hope we never have any unexpected and uncovered medical expenses. It could really drain our savings in a hurry!

Happy 4th of July!

Pre-Surgery Photo

This is obviously from a couple of weeks ago, but I never posted any photos of Emily in her little hospital gown and pants. This was taken in the surgery prep room just a few minutes before they took her away for anesthesia (and judging from her smile, before any nurses came in and started prodding).

Busy Weekend

It was a busy weekend indeed. I played for three weddings (no photos due to camera malfunctions), we spent most of Saturday at Castlewood Canyon with Frank's family, and we hosted Grandma Scherer's birthday party on Sunday afternoon. It was the kind of busy weekend that was fun and pretty relaxing, though. Emily played with a number of little kids on Saturday, including Micah. He's not actually related to Emily, but he is Frank's sister's grandson. Emily was intent on holding his hand on the short hike to the memorial bench, but at first, little Micah flat-out refused. Once he started to warm up to her, though, he redeemed himself by repeatedly picking flowers from along the trail and giving them to her.


Today is a teaching day, but I had a last-minute cancellation that allowed me to mow the lawn and quickly type this entry before my next student arrives.