House for Sale

I put my house on the market today.  I have mixed feelings about it. I love this house and I'm sad to leave it.  I guess putting it on the market means that I really am leaving.  Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about the opportunities that are in front of me, but I'm sad to leave HSV and putting my house on the market makes it a little more real!

If you know someone who's looking in the HSV area please give them my contact information.  It's a great house with lots of potential!  Below is what the listing says: 

A great home for the first time buyer or for the investor looking to add to their portfolio.  Priced to sell, this one will not last long!  This beautiful home has updated colors, a renovated kitchen, and lots of charm.  An oversized fenced backyard with 2 storage buildings is perfect for those with a green thumb and has plenty of room for your pets to roam.  The house has been beautifully landscaped and includes a long term landscaping plan done by a professional landscape architect.  

If you don't know anyone who's looking to buy in this area, then your prayers concerning all of this would be greatly appreciated.  From the sale of my house, to leaving my friends, figuring out how to get all my stuff to UO, to starting school again after a three year respite, it all seems like a daunting task. 

Final BHS Concert

Tonight was my final concert at Buckhorn.  I must admit that I began this day with my stomach in  knots and tension all over my body.  Why? -- Apprehension, anxiety, I'm not really sure.  It probably had something to do with the fact that I knew this was going to be my last "HOORAH" at BHS and I wanted it to go perfectly for my singers.  I wanted it to be a night they would never forget; a night I would never forget.  I usually get tense the day of a concert, my kids will tell you that, but today was different.  Today had more weighing on it.

My singers arrived for a sound check at 6pm.  It wasn't until the end of that sound check that I began to relax.  I began to have fun.  I began to realize what a great night this was going to be.  Was it ever!  I'm not sure that I will ever have a night in my career that will rival this one.  My singers showed up and showed out!  They sounded better than they have all year.  Everything about the night was perfect!

This concert was not a typical concert for us.  It was all pops music; some full choir things, a few duets, trios, and ensembles, some solos, and even a dance troupe (some of my kids danced the Triller! -- it was awesome!)  We began the concert with "Stand by Me" and "I'll Be There" followed by the Jazz band. (who were amazing!) Solos, Trios, and Ensembles did everything from "My Girl" to "Phantom of the Opera" to "Iris".  Two of my tenors did an arrangement of several contemporary Christian tunes that they combined in a very unique way.   It was amazing - no record company has put out anything better than what they did tonight.

We closed the concert with me playing piano for the senior song (I didn't cry!), and then the entire choir sang "For Good" from Wicked -- I lost it.  I tried to hold it in, but the tears just came busting out.  At least I made it to the last page before losing it.  The kids did a great job - they held it together!

After "For Good" they surprised me with a video they had made.  Each student gave me a farewell message on the video and it was concluded with each of them individually saying "I love you Parker." -- I was gone after that!  They then presented me with a Wii (the most awesome thing EVER! --  there is significance to this gift, maybe i'll explain it in another blog.  We then closed the concert in the way every Spring concert has been closed since I began at BHS.  We invited former singers up to help us sing "Lord, I Know I've Been Changed."

This was a perfect night, made possible by amazing singers! Kudos to you BHS Choir -  It was an amazing night that none of us will soon forget!

I love each and every one of you!

May the Lord bless and keep you.