Choral Concerts

 We've had 3 choral performances so far this season with 3 more coming soon.  The first concert was BB's middle school choir concert.

Saturday morning the KCSM Treble Choir was up bright and early to sing the National Anthem for a regional swim meet.  They sang up on the 3 meter diving platform, so it was a pretty cool experience for them.  They sounded great!

Tonight was Little Man's choral festival at the high school.  He sang in three different choirs.  It's so fun to hear his low bass notes.  He did a really great job.

I loved hearing all the choral music.

Christmas Magic

 Sunday was filled with friends, beautiful Christmas traditions and holiday spirit.  We spent the afternoon with the Alvarez-Jaramillo family.  They shared with us their traditional light ceremony and treats in Columbia. 

Later that evening we joined the Altmans on a Journey to Judea.  It was such a well done live nativity.  We loved it even though we smelled like chain smokers afterward because of the campfires.  

A Winter Tablerunner

I bought fabric to make a Winter table-runner last year, but I never got around to making it.  Little Guy's carving into my side table gave me the lacking motivation to piece it together.  Unfortunately, the pointed pattern makes it so only part of the carving is covered.  I'm going to have to. make a rectangular table-runner for Valentine's Day and see if that works better.  It's still pretty though.

Little Guy didn't have school on Friday when I made it, so he wanted to use my scraps to make his own creation.  He sewed together the scraps to make a cat blanket.  I'm not sure Stella knew what to do with it, but Little Guy was very pleased with it.

1990s Christmas Revival

 Sometimes you just need to jam out to a little 1990's Mariah Carey Christmas music. 

Cat Cuteness

Sometimes you just need a post of the accumulated cat pictures from over the week.  They're naughty and ridiculous, but the kids adore them.  

2024 Ornaments

 We got an ornament of the golden gate bridge to remind us of our Northwest family trip over the summer. 

BB got a Finding Nemo ornament to remember his role as Nemo.

Little Guy got a baseball ornament because of his obsession with baseball.

Little Lady and her love of books shines through for this ornament.

Grandma Stuetz brought us back an ornament from her Machu Picchu trip in Peru.

Last but not least is Little Man's track ornament.

Wicked!

We went to see Wicked over the weekend. It definitely lived up to the hype. I thought it was perfection.
We can't wait for the second half to come out.

Half Birthday Yumminess

 BB had his half birthday today.  He requested a lemon raspberry cake.  The cake turned out really well, but most of the family would have preferred it without the raspberries.  BB loved it and gave half to Collin.