Spring 2004

I've been taking trumpet lessons from Ron Barrow since last September. On March 7th he held a trumpet recital for all his students.  I played a duet with him called "March," by Korda [right]. I felt pretty good about my performance, and people I didn't even know came up to me to tell me I did a good job.  I had a lot of fans in the audience:  Mom, Grandma Joanie, Dad, Jan, and even Sofia!

She's the cutest little baby I've ever seen (I don't remember what Brennan was like). She's starting to get more smiley and "talkative," but she still doesn't have any of her motor skills down. So for now, I'll still be moving her around whenever I want to play with her. 

Saturday, the 24th, my friends Kyler, Trevor, and Robby came over for pizza, ice cream cake, and a game of croquet. Brennan and Sofia were there, too. Then Dad took us guys to Rainbow Run for some miniature golf.  We didn't keep score, but we had a good time. We almost got attacked by a killer Canada goose!

My favorite present was the CD boom box my friends chipped in together to get me [left], along with a Linkin Park CD, Reanimation. I also received some new basketball clothes, a baseball glove, and gift certificates to the Sykart cart racing track for lessons and driving. 

I started working on my Science Fair project with Robby Ryan in February, creating a Rube Goldberg system whose objective was to turn on a light bulb in no fewer than 12 steps. We designed a system of levers, pulleys, weights, tubes, dominoes, mini-cars, and electronics that covered a 12-ft by 4-ft board [right] and turned on the light at the bottom of the board.  We got a lot of attention at the Fair from  both parents and students, which was really nice, but because of some technical oversights our grade wasn't as high as I wanted after all that hard work.

I chose Rhapsody in Blue because I like that I know the melodies, and there are lots of parts that are fun to play, like the glissando at the very beginning [left].