YouTube Saturday
Erin made the front page of our local "big city" paper yesterday. Go look, you can click on the photo to make big. Then if you are on Facebook you can make it your profile picture just like her sisters did, which really pissed her off. heh.
You're back! Cool. So, we just put her on a bus to Logan. She is going to seven countries in two weeks, England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany. It is so strange, in a way, that she wanted to do this. Not a single of her close friends went, but she decided the moment she was invited that she would go and never wavered during this last year of preparation. It is a rare thing that Erin gets excited about something like this, so it was easy not really to pay for it let her go.
If you remember, a couple of weeks ago I had Pete and Meagan recommend YouTube videos and today, in honor of Erin going, I had her make the call. She came up with a really good one, leading me to sit in front of YouTube, clicking link after link. Don't blame me, you've been warned.
I really love this next song:
If you like these and you haven't seen August Rush, you really should. The movie was a little off center, but I loved the whole prodigous musical talent story line. Here is a little taste:
One hundred seventy-two to go. And only sixteen until Erin gets home.......
Heh, heh, heh. My sister went on a high school trip with no one that she knew and met the guy who eventually became her husband.
I hope she has a great trip!
Posted by: Cara | July 12, 2008 at 06:55 PM
I hope Erin has a spectacular time!
Posted by: Lynn | July 13, 2008 at 07:25 AM
That cute kid must have been Segovia in his last life. Very talented!
Posted by: margene | July 13, 2008 at 08:53 AM
Does this mean that you have the house to yourself (well, with Pete) for the next couple of weeks??
Posted by: Danielle | July 13, 2008 at 12:19 PM
That is going to be such a wonderful experience for Erin! Our son did a chorus trip with his prep school when he was a senior (to Ireland) but they were greeted like rock stars at the schools where they performed. He's never forgotten that trip, or the one to Prague when he was a freshman in college!
Posted by: Marcia | July 13, 2008 at 10:33 PM
When my Amanda came back from her trip like this, it was obvious that it had changed her for the better. She was a way deeper, more grown-up kid. I hope Erin has a blast!
(And don't worry too much.)
Posted by: Stephanie | July 14, 2008 at 10:23 AM