Saturday

Another beautiful fall day. I dropped Shawn and a couple of friends off at the top of the Crest Trail so they could ride down. The fall colors were amazing!

Shawn and Rob B. in their Team Firestorm jerseys, worn in honor of our friend Ben Jacobsen, who just lost his battle with cancer.

John:

Some of the beauty:

Meanwhile, we were carting Samantha back and forth to Abravenel Hall for rehearsals for a harp concert. (Of course, this did put us right next to Hagermann's Bakery so we had to stop in for some tasty treats.)

In the evening, the whole family attended the concert. The theme was chrysallis, hence the caterpillar which became a cocoon and eventually a butterfly before leaving the stage. It was pretty cool.

And you can never complain about the sound of harps playing. (Well, OK, occasionally you can when your harp gets so out of tune that music is no longer recognizable, but still better than some other sounds I know of.)

A little snippet:

At the very end, they played Pirates of the Caribbean and all 120(?) harpists came out dressed as pirates. (Unfortunately, the camera had left the concert with Shawn and Peter so I didn't get any photos or video, but it was impressive.) I missed Samantha in her pirate gear, but Peter happily dressed up when we got home.

"Arrrgh, Mateys!" He doesn't make a very fierce pirate, does he?

Just another busy and exhausting day in the life of the Stringhams!