Good things

You know, I realized that I mostly blog about crap in my life. So here is a short post about something absolutely awesome that has happened in our lives!

My oldest children have been part of a fantastic marching band. Most of the people I know already know the details:

18 Kentucky State Championships
1 Bands of America Regional Championship (2007)
2 Bands of America National Championships (2005 and 2007)

They are hard-working and dedicated. They really bust their butts to be the best of the best and it shows in everything they do. But here is the ultimate dream: Mr. Tim Allen, band director extraordinaire, wanted to go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Of course, he thought they would never look at our tiny little small town band even with all the accolades. But with some not-so-gentle nudging from the percussion guy, Doug Neal, he decided to apply. We just found out that our little band with the big sound is going to be performing in The Parade in 2009!! We are the smallest high school band ever accepted! And we are one of only 8 high school bands to make it and the only 1 from Kentucky. 500 bands applied to give you an idea of the absolute scale of this acheivement. I can't even tell you how proud I am of these kids. And this would be a great example of how hard work and high hopes can acheive great things.

An example of their show from last year (2007):