Monday, December 21, 2009

THE NUTCRACKER


THE NUTCRACKER

Charie's Piano Recital


Charie's been teaching a few students and had a little recital recently.

Sierra's Voice Recital


Sierra sang 4 Christmas songs at her recital and did awesome! Her aunt Angela and cousins came to watch, which made it really special.

Tyler with Santa


Tyler could not contain his excitement to see Santa this year. He was so cute. He couldn't stay still. The main reason was that he forgot to ask Santa for something important at the mall. He also informed me that he hadn't put his last name on his letter to Santa, which he was really concerned about. I reminded him of Santa at our ward Christmas party and he was soooo relieved!

Christmas Music Tradition

Playing THE FIRST NOEL together...
Tessa on violin
Sierra on guitar
Charie on piano

Monday, December 7, 2009

Tyler Quote

Tyler: I don't want to go to jail.

Me: Why?

Tyler: Because you have to wear weird clothes and pick up garbage.

Friday, December 4, 2009

One more Christmas Tradition


We have a wrapped box we set out every Christmas. We cut strips of green and red paper and set them by the box. When we notice someone doing something we appreciate, we write, "I caught _______ and whatever they did on the paper. We read the papers every Sunday and make a chain out of them. We try to make the chain as long as we can by Christmas day.

This year we also added a new twist. We are also writing what we are grateful for on the slips.