Symphony Portrait

Katja had her first official Houston Youth Symphony portrait taken this year. My baby girl looks so grown up...*sniff*

Her first concert was this past fall. She played for the HYS's String Orchestra (the youngest group out of four ) and sat 2nd chair viola, which translates to "front and center", right in front of the conductor. She was thrilled. Aunt Beth and uncle Robert surprised all of us by purchasing tickets to her concert (before they even went on sale...sneaky!) for the whole family so we all sat front row center of the balcony and had a fabulous view. Afterwards (see pictures below) they had us all go to their house for a little post concert reception for Katja.