Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday, Jesus! Thank you for coming as a baby, living as a man, and loving us so much that you would die for us.
May we worship and adore Him today.

Loads of Video

"Christmas Sunday" at our church is always so special. You can read and view loads of videos here.

The Mikado

 

We had a wonderful trip to NH to see Mikayla play the part of Yum Yum in The Mikado. I wish I could upload the whole thing because all the kids did such a fabulous job! The play was hysterically funny, too. We really enjoyed it. That is a group of TALENTED kids!

Fall

We have had a lot going on around here, but nothing really momentous. At least nothing that I didn't share immediately on Facebook.
We had a nice time with my bother, Chris, who took a working vacation to come help all the helpless people around here. haha. Those are his words. He built us a beautiful set of steps for the camp, and added a smaller woodstove. We knew that the woodstove out there was in poor shape, but didn't realize HOW bad. ;)
He brought the kids some hats, and took Nathanael and Terry hunting. Nathanael was ecstatic when he shot his first bird.
We had a quiet Thanksgiving with just us as Mom went to visit Jon and his family in SC. We'll make up for that at Christmas when Terry's folks will join us, and the church parties and programs start.
Nate had his first concert with the Bangor Symphony Youth Orchestra. It was a beautiful concert. The videos are long because it really was professional pieces that they played. I posted some on Facebook, but it would take forever to put them here. Nate loves being a part of this, and it is so much better than just the HS band.

Nate and Lanie had a piano recital. They both did quite well. Lanie gets so nervous in front of people, but she did fine. She practiced and practiced knowing that if she did that it would help her confidence. The next Sunday she sang a beautiful solo at church, which I didn't get to video because I was accompanying her. So proud of our miracle girl!