Lahtinen November 2010

We started out the Month of November with several Jazz Festivals. John is in the middle of this picture. This band is really good and has earned many awards already, and the jazz season has just begun.
John received "Best Soloist" at the EWU Jazz Festival. His trombone section also received "Best Section", at the same festival. Excellent musicians.
Thanksgiving was at our house this year. Grandma and Grandpa Osborn cooked the best turkey yet. Their homemade stuffing was excellent! We fed 23 people. It was an enjoyable day, but we missed Mark. They do not have Thanksgiving in Peru.
We got lots of snow in November, setting records. All the ski resorts are open. We are sick of shoveling snow already! John is wearing the alpaca hat that Mark sent him, from Peru. Mark says he knows the lady that sheared the alpacas, carded the wool, and made the hats. Not sure if he is pulling our leg, or if he really does know her. Hard to say. There are no tags in them.

Lahtinen October 2010

Happy 17th Birthday John! John received a new bass guitar and amp for his birthday. He plays the bass guitar in his band "Armchairs for Ecuador".

Jane has loved working with the marching band for the past 6 years. It has been hours and hours of time, but she has loved all the associations with the parents and the kids. Jane will really miss them next year.

We finished up marching band forever, both John and Jane. The band's final performance was their very best of the season. It was sad as John passed on the leadership responsibilities to the Juniors for next season. John hugged his Mom and thanked her for all her hours of service to the band and to him. Both John and Jane cried.

We now have 21 students in our Seminary class. 5 of them are non-members.4 of them are taking the missionary lessons. We are stuffed into our little room, but love being together. It is a rowdy class with powerful testimonies. This was a lesson on "putting on the armor of God".

John's band "Armchairs for Ecuador" participated in "Trunk or Treating" also. Here, they were learning music to sing in Sacrament meeting the next day (without the painted faces).

Our Ward participated in "Trunk or Treating" this year. We had a huge bag of candy, but it was gone in 20 minutes. Huge turn out.