Piano Photos

Okay, so I am playing the Rhapsody in Blue on June 6, 2009 with the West Valley Symphony. They asked for a bio and a photo of me by a piano. So I got my professional photographer, aka Brent, to take some shots at the Daynes Music Store (yes, I asked permission first).

I REALLY look like a redhead in this one, don't you think?

This one above is probably my favorite of the bunch--casual, professional, and fun all wrapped up into one picture!

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

The quote in the title is by Winston Churchill, by the way. I was having a little bit of a blah day and decided that I would blog about something. So I looked up a bunch of quotes and some of them were really great. So this blog is about quotes. Hope you enjoy!

"Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it."
- Dianne Houston

"You can tell a lot about a fellow by his way of eating jellybeans."
- Ronald Reagan

"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed."
- Storm Jameson

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy."
- Jane Goodall

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."
- Oscar Wilde

"I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed."
- Etty Hillesum

"There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."
- Jawaharlal Nehru

Weekend Fun

Yippee! We are now social again, as evidenced by the goods time had by all this weekend. (Just agree with me, folks). :)

I got a little crazy and set up a couple of things at my house this weekend. On Friday, my good friends Anna and Doug came over to watch a movie. We lured them with promises of popcorn, but ended up feeding them peach crisp. They seemed okay with that bait and switch. :) Doug brought over Adam Sandler's new movie entitled "Bedtime Stories." I won't do a lengthy review a la the "Yes Man" post, but suffice it to say, it was cuter and sweeter than I had anticipated. The movie is definitely geared towards kids, but there was enough funny elements in the movie to make us chuckle pretty much all the way through it.

Saturday we invited my brother Jon, brother-in-law Scott, and friend Claire over to play disc golf. If you remember, Saturday was pretty wet and my broda Jon was going to cancel because he didn't want to play in the cold. (Pansy!) But we lured them over with the promises of board games. We played Nuclear War and EuroRails while watching the Jazz lose. We had a great time, despite the sad basketball score.

Sunday we went to the Palmers and helped them make dinner. Then we pulled out Nuclear War, which they hadn't seen before and their interest in the game was high. We ended up playing that game until 11:30 p.m. That game really is a blast. If anyone knows where I can get my own game, let me know!