Who says Arizona never gets snow?!? That is such a lie. Yeah, I'll admit, it's rare to get that much here, and we don't get any at our house ever, but the fact of the matter is, Arizona DOES get snow. Lots of it. |
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We all got to pet and hold the baby goats (there were quadruplet one-day-olds and twin two-day-olds. Wow, what a difference in size one day makes!). Like I said before, they are soooo sweet!!! They are adorable! It's almost hard to believe that they will grow up to be just as big as their mother! I think Emily held the kids the most. She was constantly picking them up and putting them down. They didn't seem to mind too much, though. 
Look at all those kids!! That's not even all of them, there's still another goat that's going to have her babies any day now. You've got to love the names -- Knit and Perl are the twins, and Matthew, Mark, Mary, and Martha are the quadruplets! We also fed the sheep and petted the two friendly (but big) dogs.
Look at all those kids!! That's not even all of them, there's still another goat that's going to have her babies any day now. You've got to love the names -- Knit and Perl are the twins, and Matthew, Mark, Mary, and Martha are the quadruplets! We also fed the sheep and petted the two friendly (but big) dogs. 
I thought this was adorable!! Aren't they the cutest things?After we'd been outside for a while, we went inside and played with the lady's musical instruments. She's a violin expert -- she started teaching lessons at age twelve, and she used to play in the San Diego symphony! She also plays cello, piano, and lots of other instruments (someone said she can play every orchestra instrument, not sure if that's true or not). She's kind of but not really a potential violin teacher, the two major drawbacks being the price and the distance we would have to drive every lesson. But we got to play around for a little bit.
First Emily got to hold and "play" a tiny violin just her size. She kept saying how squeaky it was. LOL. She would do great with it if she ever took lessons. That girl has musical talent!
Then I got out my violin. Amy played the piano, Ms. W played her cello, and I played the violin. Ms. W didn't even know the song Amy and I were playing (church music), and she was able to accompany us beautifully on her cello!!! Wow. Then she asked if I had brought any violin music that had a piano part. I took out the Meditation from Thais, and I was thinking, No way! I haven't attempted this piece in months, if not a year!! And now I'm just supposed to play it with the piano, like I know what I'm doing?!? LOL! So I was kind of like, "Well, okay, I guess we'll just see how this goes..." So, after a quick tune up (or rather a "tune down" to her not-quite-in-tune piano) she started, and I jumped in. I don't think I played the timing correctly in several spots, but in any case, she was able to play the piano part along with me great and cover for a bunch of my mistakes of hitting the wrong notes and etc. I only got lost twice, and skipped a few measures, but after we'd finished, I was amazed! I had just played a piece of music that I thought I couldn't play!!! After that we played the Concerto for Two Violins by Bach. That was fun, too.
After we'd finished that, she said that I ought to audition for the orchestra in such-and-such town, and she was really wanting me to, but it just won't work out. For one thing, that's a really long way to travel all the time for practices, and the practices are on Sundays, so of course I can't be a part of it.
But she was coming up with all kinds of ideas like (saying to my mom), "Well, if you just drive her up to my house, I'll take her the rest of the way and even drive her home again." But, no, it's just not going to work out. I'm not all that disappointed. If we had something like that in our own town, yeah, it would be great to be involved... maybe. But I guess we'll just have to trust that the Lord has something better in store.
LOL. She would do great with it if she ever took lessons. That girl has musical talent!Then I got out my violin. Amy played the piano, Ms. W played her cello, and I played the violin. Ms. W didn't even know the song Amy and I were playing (church music), and she was able to accompany us beautifully on her cello!!! Wow. Then she asked if I had brought any violin music that had a piano part. I took out the Meditation from Thais, and I was thinking, No way! I haven't attempted this piece in months, if not a year!! And now I'm just supposed to play it with the piano, like I know what I'm doing?!? LOL! So I was kind of like, "Well, okay, I guess we'll just see how this goes..." So, after a quick tune up (or rather a "tune down" to her not-quite-in-tune piano) she started, and I jumped in. I don't think I played the timing correctly in several spots, but in any case, she was able to play the piano part along with me great and cover for a bunch of my mistakes of hitting the wrong notes and etc.
I only got lost twice, and skipped a few measures, but after we'd finished, I was amazed! I had just played a piece of music that I thought I couldn't play!!! After that we played the Concerto for Two Violins by Bach. That was fun, too.After we'd finished that, she said that I ought to audition for the orchestra in such-and-such town, and she was really wanting me to, but it just won't work out. For one thing, that's a really long way to travel all the time for practices, and the practices are on Sundays, so of course I can't be a part of it.
But she was coming up with all kinds of ideas like (saying to my mom), "Well, if you just drive her up to my house, I'll take her the rest of the way and even drive her home again." But, no, it's just not going to work out. I'm not all that disappointed. If we had something like that in our own town, yeah, it would be great to be involved... maybe. But I guess we'll just have to trust that the Lord has something better in store.
I asked if I could try to play her cello. This was probably the only opportunity I was going to have for years, and I've wanted to try a cello for a while, just to see what it was like. Well, I've got to say, it's very different from playing the violin, but at least I wasn't making a terrible amount of squeaks. It wasn't the greatest, but it could've been a lot worse, too, LOL! I was able to pick out a couple tunes. Do I look like I know what I'm doing? Haha! I'm a LOT more comfortable with violin.
After that, we packed up and headed home. I'm so glad we got to go, it was soooo much fun!! And for us city kids, getting to see all those animals was definitely great, too. I wish we had goats. Okay, okay, I don't really... but they are fun for a few hours!
After that, we packed up and headed home. I'm so glad we got to go, it was soooo much fun!! And for us city kids, getting to see all those animals was definitely great, too. I wish we had goats. Okay, okay, I don't really... but they are fun for a few hours!
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