Patricia Matthews For Mother's Day Gift

 

My mother found an old book by Patricia Matthews Love's Avenging Heart.  She loves it so much, but the print are really tiny.  So, I found 7 more Patricia Matthews in Kindle store.  I think I just got my mother a most perfect gift.  Kindle books of the author that she enjoys reading.

That was almost easy.

Fort Worth

Court House of Ft. Worth

My daughter and I had a lot of fun walking around downtown Ft. Worth.  We especially like this court house building.  Too bad it was Sunday when we were there and we could not go inside.  Outside the building was very impressive. We sat around on the from steeps and took pictures of the view.

When you sit on the steps of the court house above, this is what you will see. It's a nice view during sunset.

Piano Hinges

We just had our piano tuned. What difference it made. Now, my often out of timing playing sounded so much better. I seem to have an aversion with counting beats. It is probably one of the many reasons I am not a professional piano player. I also cannot listen to a tune and play it on the piano. I need music sheets. In fact, I put a lot of music sheets on my piano when I am on it. I tend to jump around while finding something that suits me at the moment. It means that I need a stainless steel piano hinge so it would hold from a single sheet to a heavy volume of etudes. My children takes piano and violin lessons. My oldest daughter almost always exclusively plays violin only.  She's 15, and a concert master at her orchestra.  Their orchestra always placed in the competition.  I am very proud of her.

My Dream Piano

I love playing the piano. I wish I was better at it.  However, I did not want to put time to make me better, so I had better be satisfied with my playing.  My children are a different matter. They are so good at it.  We went looking for a new piano and found this yamaha piano at guitar center.  It is so beautiful!  I think I would need a bigger house for this one.  Right now, It would crowd my living room.  But, in about 4 years, I will buy one.  I might even have more time to get an instructor to help me play better.  My children plays the harmonica , bass and another on violin. We could give mini-concerts over the holidays for family gathering.  That would be fun.

Canons at Six Flags

My husband took the first four children to Six Flags last Sunday. The boys love to hang out by the canon display when they were younger. I think every year we have a picture from here. I think it is so important to spend one on one time with each of our children. We have five and we want to make sure that each child grows up with a memory of how we find him or his company important. It is sometimes tough with real life getting in the way. But, we find that if we want something enough, we somehow manage to find time for it. I love that second picture of my husband and child number 4.