Cantemus Kinderchor

Oh, and I made it into the paper again! Kewl....here is a pic they took while I was teaching in Boyne. Not sure why this one was chosen as the photgraphy guy shot DOZENS!!

Well, all of a sudden I found myself involved in hosting a bunch of German kids, here for a concert series, with no host families. Everyone pulled together and we had the most amazing few days in a long time! These kids are phenomenal!
Saturday morning we hiked to the top of Avalanche Mountain and the kids sang there, although only 15 of 56 were with us. The weather was incredible, the colors almost outrageous, their voices like angels.
Man, did we cry at the bus when they left.....I have a feeling lots of new friendships were created.
Life is back to the usual, and snow is in the forecast....bummer....it never lasts, does it...!

Getting colder in Northern Michigan

Fall has arrived and is about to be over with already! I am guessing we are pretty much at peak with leaves raining at the slightest gust of wind. Frost is in the forecast for the next few nights. The pumpkins are picked and the yard needs to be raked. But I am not finding the time nor the energy to do much other than work and children. Teaching at the public school is going well, other than the occasional pain in the beeeeehind that a grant like this always brings with it - mostly disorganization.
Today, we are about to host 4 German kids, here for a few choir concerts. That is a whole new other story.... So the plan is to make their experiences memorable and fun, toting everyone around the area to see what this place is all about. The girls are excited to have German speaking peers around for a few days and Yannis has informed us that he can't speak to them... We'll see - he has a weakness for teenage girls in general.....
I will post a few new pics soon....still need to load the camera onto this here machine.
More later...and updates from the German side of things!