68th Street Singers

Bryce had thought he was going to go to Freeman this school year, so he hadn't tried out for show choir. When he changed his mind and decided to stay at Norris, Wes the choir teacher and one of his best friend's dads talked him into joining show choir again. Since he didn't try out, he was automatically in the 68th street group. Most of the other Junior boys had moved up to the Gold group but he was fine with being in 68th Street group. Bree is in this group, and he wasn't sure that he wanted to put in as much effort as he would need to if he was in the Gold group.

While we were in Iowa City for Steph's surgery, he had a show choir event at Peru State College. He was supposed to get on the bus at 6am at Norris. Bree was panicking because he wasn't there, and she couldn't get ahold of him. We were out of town and Bob was staying with the kids, but he is not a morning person. Bryce had gotten out of bed when his alarm went off, turned the shower on and proceeded to lay back down and fall asleep for 40 min while the shower ran. By the time he woke up he had missed the bus by a long shot and decided to just drive there because going to this event was a big part of his grade. He was driving too fast for his truck which tops out at around 70 and he was going 78. Somehow a bolt came loose from his brake and caused his tire to pop and the rim to break and his tire to be flat. Thank goodness he was ok! He called Bob and Bob had it towed to the Walmart in NE City to fix the tire. As it turned out it was not just the tire, and they needed an additional part. Long story short, Bob ended up going there and taking Bryce to Peru State and taking care of the pickup. Poor Bob had to deal with the pickup when Andy drove it and now, he has to deal with it when he is watching the kids. 

Bryce made it in time for the performance and group pictures. Grandpa saves the day. We got a text from his teacher saying how proud he was that Bryce had overcome so much adversity that morning and still made it to the performance. I wish I could share his thoughts on that. Robb and I were not super happy with him. In fact, we were upset that he had missed the bus. This is not the first time lately that we have had to tell him that waking up to an alarm clock is a life skill. We were very thankful that he was ok, but he was in some trouble for the rest.

They had their first performance, and he did a great job. He looks so handsome in his suit. I'm not going to lie; it thrills me to still have a reason to go to all the show choir performances because I love to watch them!