The "One More Time" Concert

Tyler's last regular season football game was a doozy. We had such nice weather the whole season, I guess we were due. It was cold, windy, and very rainy. We huddled together under blankets and umbrellas and made it through the first quarter before we gave up and waited for half time under the home team's bleachers. Watching Tyler sit out there, though, we really couldn't complain. They had to stay for the entire game. When I did laundry the next day, his socks were still soaked. There were a few people who slipped, but thankfully Tyler wasn't one. The band still sounded great, and we were glad we stayed to watch them. We were also glad we were watching a band member and not a football player because we hustled out of there as soon as half time was over!

Doesn't matter how old you are. If you're wearing rainboots, you have to splash in puddles. (But when you're 14, you splash while drinking hot chocolate.)

So much rain!

Tyler is in the middle of the 3 trumpet players in the front.

On Thursday we had the "One More Time" concert. At this concert the band performs all the songs they played over the course of the football season one more time. They play in the gym, where the sound bounces off the walls and you can feel the beat in your chest. I wouldn't want to listen to it like that all the time, but once at the end of the season is kind of fun. There's a lot of energy.  It's also kind of amazing that the kids can remember all the songs from the whole season without any music at all.

Tyler is in the 3rd row, 3rd from the left.

Dinner at Chipotle afterward. Sometimes they like each other.

Our football team played in their first playoff game of the season on Friday but couldn't pull out the win. It was chilly, but thankfully it was dry. The half time show went smoothly and the band got chicken fingers for their post-halftime show snack. It was a good ending to the season.

We enjoyed watching Tyler and the rest of the band as they entertained us every Friday evening for the past 10 weeks. I think football Friday nights will be happy memories we will all have long after high school is over.  Concert band auditions are this week. Tyler should also find out by this Friday if he was selected to be part of the Ohio State Honor Band. He had to be nominated by his band director, but the selection process after that is by lottery. It was a honor to be nominated, but it'd be a lot of fun to be selected!