My busy busy week!

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. I wrote a lot last week, so I am going to post mostly pictures today of everything we did this past week.


This week was my Second Grade Sing-Along concert. It went very well!



After the sing-along concerts were finished, one of the teachers wrote a thank you note for me, and went around to all of the six classes who performed to have every child sign the note. They presented it to me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers!



On Saturday morning we went to Belmont racetrack for "Breakfast at Belmont". We met Sam the trumpeter and Michael got to hold the trumpet along with Flat Stanley.


Breakfast at Belmont was from 7 - 9:30 a.m. We were able to watch the horses being exercised on the track. Big Brown had his workout at 5:30 that morning to avoid the media and the crowds(what a shame!).
We were treated to a tour of the park and shown all of the riding paraphernalia.

After the park tour we were taken on a tram ride around the backside of the track.


Here is Kent Desormaux(sp?) (Big Brown's jockey) riding a horse back from their workout.

After the tram ride, we were shown the starting gate, and the children were invited to go into it.


The gates are closed.......


And they're off!

The best part of Breakfast at Belmont is that it was all free! (I'm sure that they make enough money in other ways) The only money we spent was a small amount for the breakfast food. It is definitely something I would be happy to bring our family or other visitors to.

Today was Nicholas' first day to pass the sacrament. I never imagined the pride I would feel watching him. It was an incredible feeling! He looked so proud of himself!