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Hamp is home!

My heart and my house are bursting - with love and pride (heart) and with 10 months worth of luggage and new ski stuff and photography equipment and really cool souvenirs (house).

I know I didn't post much about Hamp's Norwegian adventures - but I felt it was more his story to tell, not mine anymore! So you can check out his Instagram page @hight0werph0t0 for a school year's worth of amazing photos with limited captions (his strength is clearly for capturing the image, not so much the words)

But what I can confidently say, in summary of the past year, is that attending Sogndal Folk School was absolutely the very best decision Hamp has ever made, and quite possibly the greatest adventure of his life so far! I am so grateful for this experience for him, for the new skills he learned, and for the friends that he made along the way.

 

up in the air

 Sam just wrapped a terrific track & field season with MHS!

He worked on 3 main events - Pole Vault, High Jump, and Triple Jump - and saw great improvement in all over the course of the season. It is pretty evident that his flexibility and strength from years of gymnastics has made him a great candidate for any event where he can throw his body in the air! But the goal is always to go a little higher everytime...

Mean Girls

OK, I know I say this every time...

But this was seriously the BEST high school musical!

Mean Girls only just this year got licensed for high school productions and Meeker High School absolutely did it justice.

I mean no disrespect to past shows - Addams Family, Drowsy Chaperone, Pippin, Mary Poppins - they have all been amazing. Truly! I always think "It can't get better than this."

Then Sam gets to ride a moped on stage!

Full disclaimer - so much of the genius behind the success of the Meeker High School drama program comes from my dear friend who directs, coaches, stages, costumes, and casts these shows. She has a gift. A true gift of putting the right kids in the right parts and then getting them to shine so brightly I can barely see! And Mean Girls had the perfect cast... 

... with Sam as the lead male who co-narrates the whole story while singing and dancing his heart out!

(thanks to Bobby Gutierrez for always capturing great photos of the kids!)

I was so proud of his performance I thought I would burst.

I think, judging from his smile backstage after the show that he was pretty happy about it too!

(hoping to have a little video sample up soon...!)

Tried to make a compilation video of several of Sam's shining moments on stage... but I have apparently aged out of being technologically savvy. Best I can do at least is share this 5 minute single video of one of my favorite numbers that he did: