Nathan Kasparian

I'm jumping up and down that I finally figured out how to get my music to play on the website. Yes you can turn it off if you'd like...
However, you'd be missing out on a fantastic new artist and local hero Nathan Kasparian.
I photographed him playing a Fazioli for his latest album. We were shooting at an amazing Gallery called Baldissan Pianos here in Salt Lake. The owner told me that this model runs $25,000 per foot. It is a 7 foot piano! I was moved to tears but not because of the price. Nathan was playing the first song on the CD called "Catch Me If You Can" It is a haunting tune and I will never tire of it.
Nathan is truly amazing and it shows. He practices about 6 hours a day even while he is studying at Utah State University. Listen to his music and remember that with practice and a bit of talent we can achieve great things. By the way, Nathan is only 19.

We take fun seriously!

Christmas brings many traditions. For us it starts Christmas Eve with a party at some friends. Unfortunately we stay until 11pm and suddenly realize that we still have to wrap everything that is hidden.

This year we started something new. Sleep sounded like a good idea so we woke up early Christmas morning and started wrapping. When the kids got up we had them wrap their presents too. Jessica and her new husband arrived about 10 and we had breakfast. We didn't even start presents until 11am. Doing things differently is great fun!

Even with these economic times we had planned in advance. About a year ago Cindy and I found www.daveramsey.com, Dave teaches a class called Financial Peace University. Within 6 months we were out of consumer debt and finally looking forward to our future. The premise of Dave's teaching is to use the envelope system for your money. Using the envelopes as catagories, we have been saving money for Christmas since last January. This leads to a peaceful holiday season because everything is already paid for.

One of my little girl's presents was a box of foam sticky flowers. I became a willing participant in dress up time.

Our son was wowed by his new guitar. He then wowed us with a little ditty.