humdrum week

It was a quiet week in Lambson-land. This entry might put you to sleep from boredom!

I now have five applied string students at Central Methodist University – one up from my last post. This will be an easy gig – all but one are beginners. The “advanced” student and I will play duets and I will be more of a coach as she delves into music that challenges her.

Steve and I watched the last two installments of the HBO mini-series “John Adams”. Wow, what a fantastic production. We also watched “The Forgotten” (which we own on DVD) – I jumped out of my skin at the SAME PLACE I did when I first saw the film. Losing one’s memory has its perks….

Oooo, we ate at Golden Corral on Monday night with Ruth Marshall and Richard and Roseanne (her son and daughter-in-law) to celebrate Ruth’s 90^th birthday. Good news about Ruth is that she has finally agreed to move to Candlelight Lodge. Her kids took a tour on Monday and Ruth took a tour later on in the week. I think that the fact that she can bring two of her cats clinched the deal. Roseanne will return in November to help her with the move.

I had a marathon Relief Society training meeting Thursday night – I was one of the torturers, ahem, I mean trainers. Two and a half hours is simply too long to try and teach someone. After the first hour, the trainees eyes were glazed over. I know I came home completely exhausted and I am sure the trainees went home in serious overload. Sigh.

Prairie Strings had a picture perfect wedding Saturday afternoon. We finished the selected prelude pieces exactly when the processional was ready to start and our music ended exactly when the last entrant arrived down the aisle – each time: for the grannies and moms, for the bridesmaids, for the bride. And, believe me, this rarely ever happens. And, having this wedding in a well air-conditioned building (Sacred Heart) that also happened to be gorgeous just added to the perfection.

Below are some photos from the wedding-in-Utah-trip....

Noah at one of the many rest-stops we made








Noah traveled really well in his car seat







Iron Man traveled well, too!








And, he actually slept in his car seat. Shock!




Noah liked Little America. We did, too.
(50 cent ice cream cones)














The Durkovich girls, Melissa and Cristall and Melissa's daughter Ari with me and Elise










Here is a non-professional photo of the wedding cake