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Watching The Blue Devils in San Antonio

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 21.4mm, f/3.6, 1/200 sec, ISO800
 “Blue Devils 2022” San Antonio, 2022

Since late May, Koa has been away from home traveling, practicing, and performing with his DCI team, The Blue Devils. This weekend they are in Texas, so we went to their rehearsal in Pearsall, and then we went to the DCI competition at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

The show was awesome (all the bands were impressive!) but it was just good to see Koa again since it’s been a couple of months since he left.

I’m glad he’s having a blast this summer!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 37.4mm, f/6.4, 1/1500 sec, ISO320
 “Blue Devils 2022” Pearsall, 2022

Birthday Boy

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 “Birthday Book” Cedar Park, 2022

Today is our son’s birthday, so we celebrated with presents, cake, and sushi! ♥️🍣🎂 They grow up so fast… it’s the truth!

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 “Birthday Sushi” Cedar Park, 2022

Koa and The Blue Devils at the Rose Bowl

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 “Blue Devils” Cedar Park, 2022

Koa started his DCI career with a nice show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. We watched the livestream from the comfort of our living room and enjoyed the show very much!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 21.4mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO1250
 “Blue Devils” Cedar Park, 2022

For the past four years we have gone to see his high school marching band perform, but the DCI squad is a whole other level! I can’t wait to see them perform live later this summer. It should be awesome.

You can check out this year’s show here:

High School Graduate

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“Thumbs Up” Cedar Park, 2022

Today our youngest graduated from high school. It was a very nice ceremony, and we were very proud because our son is the student body president, and gave the welcoming remarks and introductions, then sat on stage. Amazing!

Next year, he’s off to college so our house will be quiet… We’ll see how that feels. 😄

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 55mm, f/4, 1/80 sec, ISO6400
 “Welcome” Cedar Park, 2022
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 “Diploma” Cedar Park, 2022
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 “The Graduate” Cedar Park, 2022

Final Percussion Concert

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 “Final Percussion Concert” Cedar Park, 2022

We saw Koa’s final percussion concert tonight. He has been part of the percussion section and with the same percussion director since middle school, so this final concert was a big one.

It’s always a tear-filled speech from the director, who every year has to say goodbye to the seniors, so the evening was filled with a whole range of emotions: laughter at seeing the slideshow and photos, awe at listening to the amazing music, and sadness hearing the farewell speeches.

What a night!