I just finished up my first semester at UNC, had a nice break back home in the midwest, and now find myself back in Colorado ready to start my second semester.  I tried to catch up with as many friends and family as possible when I was back home, but for those of you who I didn't get a chance to get caught up with or visit with I figured I would post an update incase you were curious.  
    I had a really good semester at UNC.  The faculty has been great and the classes I've had already have been awesome.  They are all super practical, and about stuff I'm genuinely interested in and want to work hard for.  Which coincidentally resulted in me having the best semester grade-wise that I've EVER had.  I've also learned a lot about myself and about my musicianship, and the experience has been very humbling.  Mary and I have also made some good friends while we've been out here, which we're also thankful for!
    Mary also had a great experience student teaching, which we are both really thankful for.  She has officially graduated and will get her Colorado license and go from there, probably focus on subbing in the area, but she's made a lot of good connections already and I know whatever she does, it will be awesome.
    Though we've both been really busy we did manage to make some time to get out and enjoy the beautiful scenery around us before we got really bogged down with school.  That's definitely one of my favorite parts about the area.  It's sunny most days of the year, the weather is pretty mild usually and there's a lot of cool things to see that aren't very far away.  
   That's it for now, please feel free to give me a call anytime to say hello and check in!