No Time

Sorry it's been a while, but I have had absolutely no time lately. I am right in the middle of finals at the moment, and I am also leaving for Europe in less than a week!! If I can survive my history final tomorrow morning, life will be so much better. One more paper to write, and one more project to do for my instrumental rehearsal techniques class. A concert Friday, packing Saturday, a concert Sunday, and then off I go!! So much to do, so little time... I will be able to put many pictures up from my trip though, so look forward to an exciting little piece of Eastern Europe soon!

One more thing...

Randy, this post is just for you!! If you need a good laugh, try watching these videos. They make me laugh hysterically every time. I dont know why... You have to watch the normal one first, and then the slow motion, which is BY FAR the best :) Enjoy!!

Normal

Slow Motion :) HAHAHA

Finals? Already?!

I cannot believe how fast this semester has flown by.  It seems like just a few weeks ago we were shoveling our sidewalks and lived in a winter wonderland... oh wait, that was just a few weeks ago :)  I am so happy that Spring is finally here!  Right now, I am wearing a skirt, and I didn't even bring a jacket to school.  What an amazing feeling!

I leave for Europe in three weeks, and it seems like there is still so much that I have to do before I leave.  We have tons of music that I need to memorize, but at least I will be able to do some of that on the plane ride over!  I have a few projects left for finals that I am working on (or should be working instead of blogging) but I got started yesterday and they won't be as bad as I originally thought.

Hopefully I will have some pictures to post soon from some family things and from Easter.  I hope everyone had a great Easter, because I sure did!  I am loving life right now!

Things I am grateful for:

1.  Warm weather and sunshine on my face

2.  Great friends and a loving family

3.  Pineapples Mmm....

4.  FLIP FLOPS!

P.S. You Are Pretty

This semester, I had the opportunity to "pre-student teach" at Hillcrest Jr. High. I chose to do the boy's choir, thinking that I would learn the most from that difficult group, and yes, they are difficult :) It turned out to be such a great experience! I went for ten weeks, and got to do warm-ups with the boys, do some voice testing (you know, because their voices are definitely unpredictable at this age) and even got to teach them parts of songs. What an awesome experience! They definitely weren't little angels, but they were sweet enough. Friday was my last day, and it was actually kind of sad for me. The boys found out it was my last day and got together and made me a home-made card. The front says "Thank you Mrs. Hackett" (yep, Mrs.!) with a huge, and somewhat scary looking smiley face. The boys wrote very nice things. One of them wrote "Good luck!!! P.S. You are pretty". Lol it made me laugh. They were great boys to work with! I think that I will end up teaching Middle School. There's something inside of me that says that's where I need to be. I can't wait to student teach in the fall! Teaching will be such a trying but rewarding experience. I hope that I have a boys choir just like the ones that I just left :)

Thanks!

Thank you to all of you who were able to come to my Senior Recital. It is such a relief to have it over! I did have a good time, although there were some technical difficulties with my voice :) 14 songs is a lot to sing, and I'm just glad that I didn't pass out. Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures up soon. In the mean time... Happy April!

Spring Break

Spring Break was last week, and the weather was amazing!!  Boy do I miss the warm sunshine.  I got to sleep in a couple of days, so that was pretty nice.  I also got to spend some time with a friend from Virginia, and that was really fun.  I got to see my brother that I haven't seen in forever!  I went with him to a friend's party, where a guy spilled cheese grease all over my shirt.... exciting. Luckily, it came out :)  I had to prepare for my Senior Recital by doing a preview for my teacher and my advisor, so that was kind of stressful, and I'm glad that I didn't mess up too much.  By the way, my Senior Recital is April 1st at 6:00 p.m. so come!  I am singing 14 songs, by myself, and need all the support I can get :)

I really have the urge to go someplace warm right now.  How about St. George?  Moab maybe?  San Diego?  I actually won't be able to go anywhere until after Europe in June, because I don't have any time off of school.  I've decided that I really want to go camping this summer when I get home.  I haven't been camping in a while.  Basically I am just dreaming about warm times....

Come back spring!

My Little Pirates

So my brother in law had pirate costumes and my nieces dressed up and came in swinging swords and yelling "aargh!" So cute :) Here are some pictures!








I absolutely love Lizzie's face in this one. Classic "pirate".






















The pirates are now scheming... "How are we going to get these adults to give us all the ice cream?"

And of course, who could say no to the cutest pirates ever?

Then on another day, Lizzie came to my house and brought Spencer's pirate hat from Disneyland. She wanted me to try it on. What a great day to be a pirate :)