We did something a little difficult and probably stupid for family home evening on Monday. We took all 8 of our children to a house concert in Orem to see Fiddlesticks. They are a Scottish/Irish fiddling family. We have owned and played their music in our home for several years now. The kids love the music, and often play it while they do their chores. So we thought, what an opportunity-- a free concert! It was a lot more formal than we expected and a the home was a lot smaller. Still we got front row seats. The kids really enjoyed the music and behaved amazingly well. Since we were about the only one's stupid enough to take a large group of small children, we were pleasantly surprised that the other audience members and the home owners seemed very understanding and unbothered by our children.
We stayed for the first hour and a half, but left quietly once Joseph decided he either had to climb a large speaker or scream. We would have liked to have stayed for the entire concert. But considering that Joseph doesn't watch more than 10 minutes of TV at a time, and he has a very hard time sitting through an hour and 10 minutes of church. We left pleased with our good kids. I hope that Fiddlesticks will play near us again, and that I can take the 5 oldest kids and stay the whole time.
If you are interested you can find Fiddlesticks here. We love their music. They are a truly talented family!
3 comments:
:D I'm glad you got to enjoy. I always HATE that gut-wrenching feeling of arriving somewhere and realizing that I am ill-prepared and expecting something different. I'll bet they were glad to have a crowd!
I hear ya'. We took our 7 children to the dollar theater last Saturday and guess where I ended up-- yep-- the hall with the 15 month old babies. They made it maybe 20 min. I won't be taking them to the movies again for a long, long while!!
how do I miss so many posts?!!? I swear I look at your blog frequently! Anyway, Kates frustration and pouting pics were so funny. The before church pics were adorable and funny. And I am AMAZED your kiddos were so good for that concert. my kids would have lasted about 5 seconds and that's it. haha. I'm glad you guys had a good time.
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