Highlights from Matt's Recital

Matt did an amazing job last Wednesday and it was wonderful to see so many people to come out and support him! (Mom Coleman even flew down for the event! We had a great time with her for the few hours that she was here!) Way to go sweetheart! Just a few steps closer to graduation!

Matt with his Percussion Director, JB Smith.
(A guest appearance by Mom Coleman in the background)

Matt and his pal, Jeremy
(he played a really cool duet with Matt...it's not uploaded to youtube yet but when it is i'll post it).

Matt and some of the percussion department

Mary Poppins

We had a fun double date with Ceri and John tonight. We got to go see Mary Poppins at Gammage - compliments of Mom and Dad Corriveau. Thank You Mom & Dad! The show was nothing I expected - definitely funkier than the Disney Movie! And Mary Poppins...much more spice than sugar - that lady has got some sass! Anyways - all and all it was a good time! Again, a big thanks to Mom and Dad!

Birthday to you!

Emmie loves to sing and shared this one with us in the car last Monday.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Matthew turned the big 3-0 yesterday!
It was a crazy day filled with dress rehearsals, a friends recitals, practicing, and some other things he was able to squeeze in...luckily he was able to squeeze in a birthday dinner! Matt wanted fish and chips on this birthday so we went to Joe's Crab Shack. (Matt is generally disappointing in Arizona's interpretation of what fish and chips are...but he's always pretty pleased with this place) We had a good time. Emmie loved looking at all the fish hanging on the walls and decorating her birthday hat.

totally rockin' shades

The birthday gang

The crab eaters

She's adorable

It's my birthday - squawk, squawk. Matt was a good sport.
(this one is long...the birthday song is at the end - don't sit all the way through it...fast forward.)

FHE Week 5 & 6

Week 5

{Eating Healthy}

We had a good time with this family night! Emmie loved pulling out all the healthy foods out of the pillow case. Then she loved feeding them all to Elmo - gotta make sure he eats well too!

Surprise surprise - she didn't stop me when I started singing the apples and banana song and she actually participated by pretending to eat apples and bananas! Afterwards, she did insist on singing the Wheels on the Bus. I'll take it!

Week 6
{Valentines}

We had a fun time getting all of Emmie's (and my) valentines ready for the school Valentines party that was yesterday (pictures to come).

Emmie decorated her bag all by herself

She was a great helper and handed daddy dumdums that needed to be taped on the card.

The night actually turned into a lesson about sharing. Emmie wanted to unwrap and eat all the candy (she totally thought she hit pay dirt!). She was very sad when she found out that she was not only not allowed to eat more than one dumdum...but that she was giving the rest way. By the end of the evening she seemed okay with the idea.

I thought our finished product turned out cute! I'm sure this is one of the only years she'll let me get away with making them rather than buying some action figure card...got to take advantage of the moment!

Best Salsa Recipe EVER!

I have made this recipe multiple times and have to say...YUM! I will never again waste money on Pace Salsa. I'm putting it up on my blog now just so I don't need to search Scott and Jenna's blog each time I make it to make sure I'm not forgetting anything...(I think I've made it enough now that I have it memorized...but one time I did forget a few of the seasonings and while it was still good it wasn't superb...)

(Photo by Jenna Jameson - she did our family photos - go check out her skills!)

1 #10 can (or I like to use 3 28oz cans) diced tomatoes (I like to use petite diced tomatoes)

1 lg white onion chopped

1 bunch green onions chopped

1 bunch cilantro (leaves only)

1 can El Pato sauce (found in the Mexican food aisle)

2 fresh green chiles chopped without seeds (or 1 sm can diced green chiles)

1-2 fresh jalapenos chopped without seeds (or 1 sm can diced jalapenos)

1 T. each of salt, onion powder, and garlic powder

1/2 T. cumin

**I put the cilantro leaves directly in the blender along with 1/2 to 3/4 of the mixed veggies and spices - you avoid some totally rad green teeth this way and I like the consistency of the blended salsa rather than super chunky!

Thanks Scott and Jenna for Sharing!

COLEMANATION

Matt's FINAL doctoral recital is coming up! I cannot believe that after 5 years we are finally at this point (okay...yes I can believe it...but it's still crazy) We would love to see you there!

Wednesday, February 17th

7:30pm

Katzin Recital Hall, ASU Music building

Some highlights from past recitals