Mina's Big Week! National Honor Society & Prom!

Mina was inducted into National Honor Society on Wednesday last week!

Mina after receiving her pin & membership

Sophomores inducted into NHS

Seniors/Juniors/Sophomores in NHS at Blue Hill High School

Proud Parents with Smart Daughter

Mina also got to go her first prom last weekend.  She was beautiful (of course)!  And her family is oh SO proud of her! 

The Hair

The Flowers

The Total Package!

Best Friends! Mina with Lexi

Mina with Grandpa & Grandma

Proud Papa!

Proud Mama!

We are very fortunate to be SO blessed with our smart, talented, and beautiful daughter!  Love you SO MUCH, Mina!

The Missing Week

Last week went by in such a blur, I am not even sure it happened!  Mina spent most of the week in Lincoln at Masonic Band Camp, and it was an amazing experience.  We went up Friday night to watch their concert at South Pointe Pavilion in Lincoln.  The concert was outside and it was a beautiful evening, and the band was absolutely the best I have ever heard.  On Saturday, the kids marched in the Shrine Parade and there were 285 of them!  They were a whole block long when marching and wow what a sound! 

Here is a picture I took with my phone camera of them coming down the street.  After the parade, they performed at a nursing home in that area and then it was time to head to Memorial Stadium for their pep band and half time performances.  They also did the National Anthem for the start of the Shrine Bowl. 

Flag unfurling and National Anthem (photos from the Shrine website)

South Pointe Pavilion performance (we are sitting under the blue tent), photo from Shrine website

Mina is somewhere near the tree on the left side of the photo, she plays trombone

Marching in the parade (photo from the Shrine website)

Half time show at Memorial Stadium (photo from the Shrine website)

The photos from the website are a bit small, but still give you the idea of what that number of kids looks like performing!

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Fun with Marching Band

Mina had her first high school marching band performance last Saturday in the Melody Roundup in Hastings.  She was a bundle of nerves and DESPISED her uniform.  I pointed out to her that all the other kids were suffering the same fate, and hated them just as much as she does.  I also pointed out that it could be worse because some uniforms involved plumes and capes and hers does not.  Here are some pictures I took.

This is the "humor the parents" shot.  Gosh, she looks so grown up in her uniform!  It was hard on me for a few minutes!

This is the "I love band, but not this uniform" glower.

This is the "if you put this picture on the web, I will NOT be happy" picture.  The first in her hat. 

Only my daughter could get two left handed gloves!  First thing she did when the bus arrived was find a right one!

Everything is better with your best friend!

Things I didn't know about marching band:

1. All of you hair needs to be inside your hat.
2. Certain instruments wear different kinds of hats.  Mina now wants to play the tuba instead of a trombone so she can wear a beret.
3. When the kids are all lined up in their uniforms marching, with their hair concealed, it is very tough to find your child!

The kids sounded great as always and will perform this coming Saturday in Grand Island at the Harvest of Harmony parade.  Sadly, we didn't know this when we signed up to do the Exeter craft show!  So Mina will be in Grand Island and we will be in Exeter and won't get to see her perform!