Emily's Piano and Violin Recital

We had Emily's piano and violin recital last weekend. I wish I could say that Emily was super excited, but piano and violin have taken a back seat to color guard, high school and everything else that a 14 year old girl wants to do. We've been battling with her for over a year to even practice once a week. I'm so torn as part of me says we are wasting our money. The other part says if she quits now, she will forget everything in a few years. Even if it costs $1,000 a year in lessons, it's worth it just to keep her playing.

She wants to quit. I quit violin when got into junior high and cheerleading became a priority. You know what?  After I graduated high school, I've never picked up my pom poms again, but I could certainly pick up a violin and play today if I had kept with it.

Anyway, here she is super excited.

 

These two best friends have been doing this for years together. How can this be the last one? 

 

Sorry, the lighting in the senior home is awful. The played as a quartet and were so good. Her teacher LOVES teaching violin. 

 

Here's videos of her performance:

 

She finished and I was sad. But, then she said maybe she'd keep doing lessons, but only piano. What? I had no idea she'd even go for that. But, okay! I'm giving her a few weeks to make up her mind and then we will let her teacher know. If all she does is piano, I'm okay with that!