Haiti Concert Fundraiser...

    

My son had a wonderful opportunity last Summer on a 3 week missions trip to The Czech Republic...It was such a wonderful opportunity for him to serve. Before the trip our church held a concert fundraiser, which was a huge success. This year they did the concert fundraiser again, this time for Haiti. My son will not be going on the trip this time since there is so much going on right now and possibly making a move this Summer, but he did participate in the concert. First let me share who these beautiful photographs were taken by. My son has a really close friend back home in Washington who was blessed to take a missions trip to Haiti a few months ago. Todd Kaumans is a very talented 19 year old film maker and photographer. He has used my sons music in a couple of his film projects as well as acting in a couple films he did. My son has also made some graphics for his entrepreneur business as well as designing his business card. They really have made a great team. Todd will be going back to Haiti in the Fall. I just had to share these shots from his trip. They are so captivating.

    

The concert was delightful through and through. Our church really has some talented people in it. Of course I am a proud Mama who adores her sons music. I am his number one fan. I pray he will go far in his composing his own music. After these sets of pictures make sure you click the video links I left below.

    

The first one is a lovely slide show of pictures taken by Todd as the music in the video was composed and played by my son. It is absolutely breathtaking.
P.S Please press pause on my music playlist on the sidebar to hear the music in the videos.

          

The next song was composed and played by my son....

He calls it Valzer Italiano which is sort of like a waltz.

                     

The last one above was also composed by my son and played as

a funky duet with our very talented friend Matt.

 If you check out my YouTube channel after the videos

 you can also watch a couple more videos I took from a couple other talented peeps.

What a wonderful fundraiser for Haiti. Enjoy,

Czech This Out!!!!

Last week we had our Czech fundraiser...It was beautiful. Our friend Marilee organized the whole event for our son and pulled the entire night off without a snag. There were 14 musicians who played the piano that night...all were wonderful and so very talented.
Our son opened the night with Valse by Chopin...later he and Marilee played a duet...A Slavonic dance piece by a Czech composer...It was almost five minutes long & really got the crowd going!
Our daughter played a piece called Carnival of Venice which was very sweet and whimsical....I am so proud that she just started learning piano this last year and has already learned to read music and play by ear as well as memorize songs...I can't do that.
 
The last song was played by our son...It was a piece he composed and has written and stored into his head...called Senza Parole which means (Without Words) in Italian...Our son knocked the socks off everyone and I am pretty sure there was not a dry eye in the building. It was awesome. The night was a success raising over $700 dollars to go towards his Czech trip this Summer...We are so very blessed to have all the support from our Church family. If I get a hold of any video footage or more pics. I will share later...
Have a great week!!!

Shades Of Brown...

Wow... I just realized putting these pictures up that just the other day I posted a very colorful post... And now to the other extreme I am posting earthy tones. Well, this is just a piece of my Ode To Fall. My favorite time of the year. It reminds me of warm color, cozy foods and comfort. Unfortunately we are still in a heat wave so it's hard to feel the Season I love so much. This last week I took pics. of brown shades and the foods I have baked.... Consider this a visual post.. There is no rhyme or reason really...
 But I think it is pretty. To start off we have a cinnamon bowl of LIFE cereal...I love the textures and the taste of course!

I have a collection of rolling pins from vintage to the pastry pin and french pin.... I wonder sometimes what domestic baker Mama used these pins to make her homemade cookies and bread..
I bet she rolled her heart out. Now I have the pleasure to use them for my own families goodies.

Fresh eggs from my friends layers. They are so generous to share there egg bounty. They are delish!

a little protein for a snack... Toast with slathered peanut butter. Yum!  Am I making you hungry? Did you see my cutting board? My talented carpenter Uncle made it for me a few years ago. I treasure it!

Here are my trusty wooden spoons and such some are really old...
 I just love them!

 

As if the peanut butter toast wasn't enough... Here are some yummy goodies I  baked up... Both are Betty Crocker recipes that were S'Mores like...One is a chocolate chip cookie cup with smores ingredients on top... The other is a fudge brownie with s'mores goodies on top... Really good yet so bad for you...

And ... For dinner we have a homemade Chicken & veggie pot pie.
 Perfect for a cozy Fall evening. I love comfort food.
 The crock pot will be working overtime this season.

Now it's time for a little music... There is always some sort of music going on in our home.

Our son plays guitar and mandolin... So wonderful...so talented.

Some old records are played off our record player.....
 Funny some kids don't even know what a record is.
 We have all our 80's music from when we were growing up...
On the player right now is Love Cats by, The Cure.
LOL!

Lastly our beloved piano which was gifted to our son from Denmark. Both kids are always playing music..... It is a delight to hear throughout the house... thank you for coming by for a gander. I hope you got that warm fuzzy feeling over you... Maybe inspire you for the upcoming season. have a great day!

My Musical Maestro

We are so excited !

I have shared  with you before the talent of my son Maestro. 

He had recently finished writing and composing two acoustic singles all on his own. 

We are so proud of him!

I am cordially inviting you to hear his songs

here

Myspace

& here

 Facebook 

 You should be able to click on each song:

 Do You Feel The Same

&

Mirrors

From either site.

Be sure to fan him if you are on Facebook or My Space.

He would surely love the encouragement!

Thank you for taking the time to listen!

My Son On YouTube ....

My son is a very talented pianist.. He has been playing since he was 7 years old. He started writing his own music since he was 9. Please pause my music on the left before watching my son play a song that he wrote... More to come soon on YouTube... Enjoy, you will be inspired !!!

Giving Joy Through Music .....

Here is my young man ( on the Right ) with his two friends Ben in the middle and Jonathan on the left. Each of these young men are beautiful pianists... they volunteered to play for a retirment home. Just giving something to the community brings so much joy, but to see the joy in peoples eyes in person is such a delight to ones soul. They were so happy to serve the elderly that evening.

Here is my boy on the piano.

Ben on the piano.

Jonathan on the piano.