I love music…all types (except country!), I love musicals, symphonies, concerts…all of it! So if you need a date for any of these events…I’m your girl (hint, hint)!  I also love Halloween, so when this Spooktacular concert comes around every October, I’m so excited! The students dress in costumes, they play great music, and compete in a fun costume contest. This year was even better because we could see Morgan play the cello and my nephew Collin play the violin!  Each Prairie Trail grade level (6,7, & 8) played three songs and they are amazing.  I’m serious, these little people are very talented!

Morgan, Reece, and I scurried out of her basketball game at Oregon Trail (a big 22-8 win by the way!), she changed into her costume in the car while Reece slammed down a PB&J for dinner and we arrived at Olathe Northwest high school to save seats front and center.  I’m not sure Reece and I are the best people for this job because it requires us to take more than our fair share of programs to lay over the seats, and push other families off.  We even used Reece’s library books and homework papers to mark the seats.  And to be clear, we are monopolizing the section by saving 16!  Next time I’m taking reinforcements (i.e. Aunt Jenn).

The 8th graders host and judge the costume contest and guess who is a two-time winner now!?  Drum roll please….Morgan “the drink” Conley!!  Woo hoo!!  You deserve this win, MoMo, you were the cutest and most creative homemade costume on that stage!  Check out her win on this super short YouTube video clip…

As Morgan and I were hanging out on the beach together in Turks and Caicos last week, we came up with this costume idea.  Morgan loves strawberry daiquiri’s (minus alcohol of course) and I think she had about 20 on our trip!  So we decided to make this cutie into a tropical drink for Halloween!

I searched all over town for a large paper umbrella, scrounged up things out of my craft room, and pestered my sister for items and wa-lah… this little strawberry daquiri/pink lemonade/fruit punch girl is so ADORABLE!  I love that it was inspired from an amazing vacation and quality time spent together.  Mo, you are forever my beach partner! 

Collin was a Royals player and also adorable (Collin, aren’t you a Royals player every Halloween!?)

I love you both to pieces and I can’t wait for your next concert!!  Keep up the hard work because you are very talented.

Thank you awesome family for supporting our little musicians!

And who can forget this!?  Here is a flashback from Morgan’s costume contest win last year…Royals Super Fan!

And I’m including these YouTube videos specifically for Uncle Scott Schwart who also loves music and orchestra concerts (wink, wink!).  I knew you would want to hear what you missed out on last night…

I’m just joking with you Scotty!

See…these 8th graders are REALLY GOOD!!