BJU '09

I got back from the Bob Jones University High School Festival in South Carolina a few of days ago and am finally getting around to posting about it. :) We had a wonderful trip and God really blessed our group. The group was lots bigger this year which was great! We had a ton of fun. Here are a few pictures from the trip....

The first picture of the week taken at a rest stop. I almost squashed the poor bug thinking it was a stick. Stick bugs are so neat!!!

North Carolina = Beautiful!
God shows His power and majesty through His creation.

Liesl and Danielle in NC

In the gameroom at BJU playing Dutch Blitz

I played a harp solo....

...violin solo...

...and piano duet (this picture is the me part of it...hehe).

David and Liesl practicing on the stage because.....

...they got 1st place in string ensembles!
If anyone remembers from the BJU post '08, they got second last year.
For BJU, getting 1st is really good-- there are a lot of super talented people there from all over the states.
Good job!

~Sisters in Christ~

Liesl and Danielle

Danielle, Amber and Rachel

Danielle and me

Amber and me

Rachel and Amber

~Friends are amazing!~

The whole group the day before we left.
If anyone remembers from last year... we had 8 people, so this was really neat!

What kept me going on the way home--sugar!!!!!!!!!!
Well.... almost... I didn't stay awake quite the whole way. Driving 16 hours after a week at Bob Jones made me tired.... :)

Thanks for your prayers. It was so exciting for me to see how God worked through this week. It was fun, stretching, short, a great learning experience, somewhat scary, long, tiring.... an awesome week!


~Marissa

Sorry...

Sorry we haven't been keeping up with this very well... we're really behind on putting pictures on. We have had a pretty busy week. Andrea and I are in the pit orchestra for the Sound of Music play that a group of homeschoolers are putting on. So we have been in Charlotte every night this week practicing. The first show was last night.. it went really well I think.. although we can't see anything from in the pit. There are two more shows, tonight and tomorrow. Then I also have State S&E tomorrow. It's been a really fun week so far! :D But we'll be kind of glad when it's over.

Solo and Ensamble

Last Saturday Mom, Andi and I went to Solo and Ensemble (S&E). It was so much fun! ☺ I did a piano solo, violin solo, and a violin and cello duet.

Me doing my piano solo

We also had a lot of fun watching other people in HSMA (Homeschool Music Association).

Danielle, Liesl and Wendy... something must have been really funny. ☺

Erin!

So now S&E is over... but we have State S&E in a month. Andi is doing Junior High S&E in April...

Barnes and Noble

Last Sunday we played at Barnes and Noble for a Community Music School promotion.

Psalm 100:2

Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs.

BJU Festival

Last week I went with a few people from our homeschool band/orchestra to a music competition in South Carolina. It was SO much fun! We left on Sunday morning, stayed in a hotel Sunday night, and got the Bob Jones University (where the competition was) Monday afternoon. We stayed there through Friday morning.

The drive was 14 hours.... but it was really pretty.

Wendy, David and Cameron

Liesl inside a sign in Tennessee

Stopping for dinner Sunday evening.

Wendy, Joanna and Liesl having breakfast in the hotel.

Joanna, Wendy, Liesl and me under a bridge at a rest stop.

Wendy, Liesl and Joanna... we're almost there!

Finally, at Bob Jones!

Wendy and I just before going in to play our duet.

Heather doing her flute solo.

David and Liesl

They got 2nd place!! Yay!

The gameroom!!!!

Liesl and Wendy crushing David and Cameron. ☺

Wendy found out that Liesl is a pool shark...

Playing Dutch Blitz

On the way home.... Wendy was clueless. ☺

Thanks everyone for your prayers!

Autumn's Wedding

On Saturday I drove up north with some friends to play at a wedding.

The bridesmaids

Liesl, Danielle and me on the way home. It was a 4 hour drive!

♪♫ Musical News ♫♪

Last week Andrea got her 3/4 size cello!!! She is so excited!

Orchestra auditions are this weekend so we have both been practicing a lot! She is loving her new cello! ☺

Ian decided that he really wanted to start piano and violin lessons (I told him piano was first!). We got him his first piano books and started lessons.

Maybe when he gets a little bit older we'll start violin...

Andrea helping him out.