Happy almost Christmas SMA!!!

Merry Christmas!

Our break started early this year due to weather conditions, but that just means more snow and better skiing up on the mountain! This past weekend was my first time going up to the mountain alone on our bus, and it was extremely fun. Sadly our bonding weekend overnight trip this week was cancelled, but nonetheless I'm still looking forward to heading up this Saturday for a one day trip! I hope all off you are taking advantage of the snowy weather as well.

Our winter concert was a huge success, and personally I think it was much better than last year's! I hope some of you attended and watched our wonderful orchestra and piano ensemble play, this was my first time playing with the orchestra and it was great! We've already started preparing for our spring concert, I hope to see you there.

In the spirit of Christmas all of our TA's were assigned Christmas families, and this Wednesday we packed them up, wrapped them, and delivered them to our Christmas families. While we were wrapping a singing Christmas telegram stopped by the commons with gifts and a wonderful student written song. Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season SMA!!

Piano ensemble attire
Wrapping for Christmas!

Hello St. Mary's Blues!

I hope all of you had a wonderful thanksgiving break. At our house we had turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce and we invited over some friends to have dinner with and watch a movie.

I just took my drivers Ed test today, and I passed! All I have to do to get my listen every now is take a safety test at the DMV and then I'll have my license. I'm excited to be able to drive around on my own!

So far ski team has been going great, we've been up on the mountain almost every weekend. I'm relearning a lot of things because I haven't skied in so long, but I think I'll be ready in time for racing season! My new skis and equipment work great, and I just got my racing helmet yesterday.

Piano ensemble is going well too this winter, and our winter concert is this Sunday in the Auditorium at SMA. It's completely free, come to see us playing Christmas carols and to watch SMADco and our dancing classes dance to Christmas music! Hope to see you there!

Me in my ski gear at timberline