Senior Recital Weekend :D

So my Senior Recital was last Saturday, April 14. It was so much fun, I had such a wonderful time playing beautiful music. I was able to be calm and confident which is something that I haven't ever really felt during a performance before. I mean, it definitely wasn't a perfect performance by any means, but I was able to be confident in my abilities and preparation. And it was so much fun! The whole process was really enjoyable. And it made it so much better since I had my wonderful family and friends there to share the experience with. My Dad flew from Spokane to hear me play and my sister who was attending BYU-I this year came as well as my sister who lives in Boise. I was told that my in-laws weren't coming but they actually came down and it was a huge surprise to me, so much fun to have them down here for the weekend. My McClellan Grandparents drove to Boise to hear me play as well but had to turn right around and leave afterwards to be back in Idaho Falls on Sunday for church obligations. I was so happy that they made such a great effort just to come and hear me play. And my Aunt and Uncle Bell from Missoula also drove down. I felt so loved with all the people that made such a great effort to support me. It was such a wonderful night :) of course there were many other people in attendance: Gillette Grandparents, my wonderful husband, my great viola teacher, a counselor from Kuna High School that I got to know while in high school, my great friends and adopted family the Knapp family, all my viola classmates from BSU, so many other supportive friends and family from school, work, and church. I have such wonderful, loving, and supportive people in my life.
Here are some pictures, since I know you're all dying to see my dress ;) jk, lol
( FYI, I had on red shoes! Just can't see then in any of the pics :(. )





Me and my viola teacher, Dr. Linda Kline-Lamar


On stage about to start, the wonderful Peggy Purdy in the background


Grandma and Grandpa McClellan


My bestie Rachael Knapp


The beautiful cake that my mother-in-law, Terry made for me. If you look closely you can see my name and some treble clefs and music notes :) and some very pretty chocolate flowers


Cute cake all decked out in strawberries with the adorable plates and napkins she brought to serve it on :) isn't that so sweet?! So nice of her :)


It was such a fun weekend! I lived every minute if it, life is just so wonderful!
One last picture: these are the FIVE vases of flowers that I was given at my recital from all my wonderful friends and family.
:)



Big thanks to all that came and to those that couldn't be there but were still thinking about me :) love you all


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Location:Boise, ID

Only four days until my Senior Recital!

Oh man, I'm getting so nervous. Here' s a small taste of one of the pieces I'm playing for my recital on Saturday. Crazy hard. Sorry, not the greatest recording in the world.

Morrison Center in Boise

April 14 at 7:30pm

Be there

:)

Free food ;)

Jury

I passed my pre-recital jury! I'm so happy! It's all downhill from here :) all I have to do is keep working hard and there's no pressure!
I have the sweetest husband who gave me a priesthood blessing this morning even though he got up late and was most likely not going to make it to work on time. (it turned out ok for him though, the place he works at is really laid back :) ). He blessed me that I would be comforted, calm and have increased ability. And I really did. Everything went so well and it wasn't due to me. The Lord truly increased my ability and He helped me to be calm while I was performing. I don't think I have ever been that calm or confident in a performance. Everything felt so good and I walked out of there knowing I passed. It was such a good experience. It always amazes me that I didn't really mention my specific concerns to him, he was able to use the Spirit and know what I needed to hear. I love that :)
Also I got a letter in my email today from the Graduation Evaluators at BSU saying that I am a valid candidate for graduation and that I have fulfilled all the requirements to graduate! I applied for graduation like six weeks ago and didn't hear anything until today. I was pretty sure I met all the requirements but it's a relief when you finally get the letter :)
Tyler and I are going out to dinner tonight to celebrate all the great things that are happening!



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I'm really bad at this whole blogging thing...

The last month has been really crazy for Tyler and I. Tyler has been studying a lot for his FE Exam in April. He gets up and goes to work, comes home and works out and eats dinner, then hits the books for a few hours before bed and then gets up and does it all over again the next day. Poor guy, he doesn't like having to be sitting for 8 hours at work and then another 2-3 at home to study. He and I will both be so much happier once this is over. I don't get to see him much since he has so much studying that he needs to do. Hopefully he will be able to pass this test and then we wont have to go through this again!

I have been busy as well. I had to play in the pit orchestra for the opera "Iolanthe" that the music department produced this year. It was a fun experience but it sure was time consuming. The week of the opera we had rehearsals every night that lasted anywhere from two hours to three and a half hours. And of course this was on top of regular orchestra, classes, homework, work, and practicing that I already had to do. As if I didn't have enough to do already! I was really on top of school and work until the opera. I went from getting my homework, practicing, and work done to hardly getting any homework done, only practicing for about an hour a day, and slacking on my work duties a bit. Now that the opera is over and I have had a chance to rest and recharge I am much more on top of things. I'm getting the practicing in that I need to, my homework is done, and way before it has to be, and my work is getting done and I almost have extra time to do things that I want to do! It's a great feeling :) I'm a fan. I have been basically practicing as much as I can. My pre-recital jury is tomorrow! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! Scary! A month before a music major is allowed to perform a senior/junior recital they have to play for a panel of faculty members who tell the person if they have prepared well enough to be permitted to play their recital. My recital is a little more than a month away (14th of April at 7:30pm) and my jury is tomorrow (the 12th of March). It's a little nerve racking but I have been feeling pretty good about the work that I have been doing on the pieces that I am playing and I think that as long as I keep practicing hard that I will be able to pass my jury tomorrow. Say a little prayer for me, I could use it :)

After I am done with my jury I will be sending out invitations for my recital. I have a list of family and friends that I am sending/giving one to, but if you think you might not be on the list and would like to get an invitation then feel free to email me at ryleeannnoble@gmail.com with your address and I will be sure to send one to you :)

Sorry for the long time between this post and my last one. I will try to be better about keeping you all updated on us. Frankly, there just isn't a whole ton going on right now in our lives but that's no excuse to not post! I will find little things to post about here and there :)

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Valentines Day!

I made Tyler a nice dinner and dessert for V Day this year :)
Pork pot roast in the slow cooker





I also made mashed potatoes


And we drank "fine", fake wine ;)


I made a yummy dessert, started with a box of brownies


Baked them


Mixed together some chocolate, whipping cream, raspberry jelly, and cream cheese frosting


And put it on top of the brownies and refrigerated it for a while so it could set


And drizzled some melted chocolate chips mixed with some more whipping cream (and also ate some, of course)


So we had a yummy dessert to eat!
Tyler liked everything a lot, he said the pot roast is better than having a turkey at thanksgiving and enthusiastically said that the dessert is a "do over". That is Tyler language for "really liked it, please please please make it again!" :)
Today has just been a great day with my Valentine. A lot of other people were really great to me too.
I got a surprise bouquet of flowers in a pretty vase from Mom and Mike.



Cute cards from Mom andDad Noble and Mom and Dad McClellan.


And in orchestra today, allthe violists gave each other "buckets" of valentines



Aren't they the cutest?!?!


I also got Ty some new shirts






And he got me those roses last week, a squishy heart pillow, a box of chocolates, and Kung Fu Panda 2 from Redbox





Mmmmm, happy day :)


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Spanish test grade :)


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