Spring Break 2015

We enjoyed lots of free time and some wonderful activities this year for Spring break. Weather was a prominent player in our planning becaus...

Shrine Circus

Today we went to the Shrine Circus at the MN state fairground coliseum. It was another super discount deal I found through one of my local ...

GTCYS Outreach Concert at SPMA

Lauren’s orchestra did an outreach concert at the St. Paul Music Academy that included some pieces with just Sinfonia as well as some joint ...

March Snow

We SHOULD know better but we were a little surprised by this snowstorm after having had so many nice days earlier this month. There was a en...

How we Got a New Van in 24 Hours

After the Ordway concert on Mar 22, we returned to our van in the parking ramp to go home. Unfortunately, the van was not going anywhere – t...

GTCYS Symphony at the Ordway

The premier GTCYS orchestra presented a free concert at the Ordway this afternoon. It was designed to be family friendly and included severa...

State JO Gymnastics Meet

Gloria, Natalie and I went to the Minneapolis Convention Center to watch the Junior Olympic Gymnastics State Meet today. We got there at a...

Another Theater Date

Another Date Night at the Music Box Theater for That Wonder Boy with Bob Stromberg. This show was incredibly funny - my throat hurt from lau...

Lake Minnetonka Ice Tour

In keeping with Spring tradition, we took a tour on our side of Lake Minnetonka to check the ice out progress. Typically we do this on Sprin...

Skyzone

We FINALLY finished Katie's birthday celebration today ... a month after the fact! We had planned to go to "Hoppy Hour" (half-...

Minneapolis Institute of Art

We visited MIA today for the purpose of viewing the Asian art collection. Lauren has been working on an ancient China project and Jamie read...