A stop by the bay

Since the kids had to be at the church at different times on Sunday we had a little time to kill. After taking Sam to Target to finish up his Christmas shopping, we took the kids down to the bay to watch the dolphins jump, the boats come in and the sunset. 

I will never get tired of looking at the ocean.

Christmas Events

This past weekend the kids participated in a few Christmas events.

 Maddie had her Christmas piano recital. She played "Away in a Manger" and had to give a speech before her performance. She did very well! This is her and her music teacher Miss Emily.

 Sam's children's choir at church performed two songs in the evening service. (He is on the top riser 3rd from the right) He loves to sing and it was a pretty hilarious performance with a few wanderers and a shoving fight that had to be broken up! You never know what is going to happen with 3-5 year olds :-)

Maddie had a speaking part in the church Christmas play "A Rockin Royal Christmas" this year. (She is the one at the microphone) All the kids worked really hard and the play was very cute. It was a busy weekend, but that frees up the rest of our weekends until Christmas!

Trimming the Tree

The day after Thanksgiving we got our tree and set it up.

 The kids picked out this beauty.

 Maddie and Sam were lots of help getting things put up.

 After a few ornaments were broken we let Meg have more of a supervisory position.

 The kids got new Hallmark ornaments to hang on the tree. Megan got a Princess crown, Sam got Star Wars and Maddie got Rapunzel to remind us of our Disney trip.

I love making these memories with them :-)