SOOOO cold!

Tonight I took Allie to Thanksgiving Point Gardens because her choir group was performing there for the Tulip Festival (ironic because there were no tulips to be seen yet thanks to the extra cold temperatures!). Lucky little Landon got to stay at Poppy and Grandma's in their warm house and play with toys and eat food, his two favorite things.

I think it is safe to say that the children in the choir and their parents who had to bring them there were the only ones crazy enough to brave the cold. The worst part is that the sound system hadn't been set up so we had to wait around for that to be put up before we could even begin. The children in the choir cheered the loudest when the concert was over because they were so happy to be done and able to return to their warm cars. Is anyone else finding it hard to believe it is supposed to be beautiful weather in just a couple of days?

Allie was so excited to be there...for the first 5 minutes.


Thankfully our little buddy Jasper was there to keep us laughing. He is one FUNNY kid! When I took a picture of Allie he asked me to take one of him too. Allie told him that I would post it on our blog. He was excited (although I'm pretty sure he had no idea what that meant).


It could be worse. I could be on the Scout camp out with Eric tonight! I hope he's staying warm.

Allie's Christmas Concert

Tonight was Allie's highly anticipated Christmas Concert. She attends a weekly choir class in our neighborhood taught by Ruth Ellis. Ruth does a great job picking musical arrangements that are fun for the kids to perform and lets them show off their little personality's. It is especially fun for me to see because the choir is largely comprised of my Primary children. (Sometimes it's even fun to see them being a little bit naughty for someone else! It makes me realize that what they do in Primary is totally normal.) Allie LOVES to sing and we really enjoyed being at her concert tonight. Way to go Allie!

HANGING OUT BEFORE THE CONCERT BEGINS.


SNEAKING IN A LITTLE WAVE.

(Oh, and the kid with the biggest grin is our neighbor Caleb. I love watching him at these performances! He is equally animated for our Primary program every year, but it's a little more appropriate in this setting. Some of you will probably remember his springtime performance... what a kick in the pants!)

LANDON LOVES TO WATCH ALLIE DOING ANYTHING. HE WAS TOTALLY INTRIGUED.


I LOVE SNEAKING IN SNUGGLES WITH HIM...IT DOESN'T HAPPEN NEARLY OFTEN ENOUGH.