Alli's Christmas Choir Concert 2015

One of the biggest disappointments with the move to Kansas was that Alli wasn't going to have a Christmas Concert.  Anyone who knows Alli, knows how much this sweet girl LOVES to sing and perform.  The new school only does a concert for K-2nd grade and by the time we return to WA, she will only get to do the Lighthouse concert if she joins choir {which she may not desire if she inherited her Mommy and Daddy's singing ability!}  She was completely bummed :(

THEN . . . we got an email from our church that any child K - 3rd grade who wanted to perform in the Christmas concert at church was welcome ~ woo hoo!!!!!  Alli was super excited!

Tonight was the first performance and she was precious!

She was so happy to be on stage and sang her little heart out! 

We all loved watching her and the boys made for a great cheering section :-)

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Eli's bow tie and so did he ~ I'm ready to find more in lots of colors ;-)

After the concert, all three little fish were happy to munch on cookies . . . 

Can't wait for tomorrow's performance!

Eli's Kindergarten Christmas Concert

Last night this adorable little man had his Kindergarten Christmas Concert at CCA.

He was so excited to get dressed up and "look like Daddy!"

He is such a handsome little man and looked so dapper in his first tie!!!

He was so cute playing with his little buddies before the concert began :-)

We are so grateful at how quickly he has adjusted to his new school.

I have to admit that I felt more than a twinge of sadness as we got there and were sitting near the middle, only needing four seats.  Just another reminder that we weren't at Lighthouse or near family anymore.  We had bought front row seats for the Lighthouse Christmas Concert this year at the auction and the whole family was so excited for that.  Don't worry, my pity party didn't last long and I thoroughly enjoyed this adorable little Kindergartener performer! :-)

He sang his little heart out and was so precious!

So hard to get good pictures at these concerts ;-)

After the concert, we had fun taking little family pictures.

{photo by Alli}

I think the picture I got of G with his munchkins is beyond precious!!!

We got home a little after 8 and despite it being past bedtime, the little fish were wound up!

Of course, they had to eat again too {stalling} but they must have been hungry because they all downed their bananas ;-)

Definitely a GREAT night for our sweet Kindergarten boy!!!

LCS Christmas Concert 2014

Last night was Alli's Christmas concert and she was darling.

She picked out her dress this year and was so excited to wear it.

The girl has her own style and Mommy is trying to back off and let her have fun :-)

 It was a LONG night, with the concert taking nearly 2 hours and Alli's part was the last 10 minutes.

All of the kiddos did fairly well considering how long they had to sit there quietly.

Alli was super excited to get roses from her fan club after the concert.

 Poor Luke was done for by the end so no pictures of him, but he was there climbing on Uncle Z.

Also part of the fan club was Barbie Pop Pop, Uncle Z and Uncle Tony :-)

After the concert we were so hungry and enjoyed some yummy Mexican food at a local restaurant.  

It was donating a portion of the proceeds to the school so we saw lots of friends.

A very fun and tiring evening!

Eli's Christmas Concert . . . one we will NEVER forget!!!

Tonight was memorable for sure!

To begin, it was Eli's first real Christmas Concert for school.

He has been practicing the songs and motions for weeks, even teaching me.

He could NOT wait for the concert tonight and even willingly took a nap!

We arranged for Miss Kaitlyn to watch Lukey since the concert was at 7:15 p.m.

Eli happily got in his "Christmas sweater" as he calls it and hammed it up for pictures :-)

Seriously, most adorable 4 year old ever!!!

We piled in the car and headed to LCS (Alli's school) where he was having his concert.

Though it was crowded, we got some great seats just a few rows back and anxiously waited.

All was going great!  I even got to visit with my college roommate who was there to see her niece.

Then, it was about to begin and wouldn't you know, Eli was the first on stage!!!

Yep, top row of the riser on the end.

We had a feeling that wasn't going to end well as Eli loves to wiggle.

Well, he started off GREAT, having fun singing and doing the motions ~ such a little ham.

Then he started acting funny . . . we thought he was being goofy at first.

BUT, then he was really acting strangely and rubbing his eyes, even swaying.

Finally, the teacher standing next to him asked if he was okay and his eyes started rolling back.

She immediately grabbed him and brought him down.

Then, beneath the legs and risers, we saw our son vomiting on stage :(

I immediately ran up to the stage to get him.

His assistant teacher (who had been standing behind him the whole time) and I took him to the bathroom.  She said he likely locked his knees and was too hot because of the lights.

I carried him back in and he sang his favorite song "Feliz Navidad" from the audience.

Poor guy!!!

He did fine in the car but vomited again as soon as we got home and then again around 11 p.m.

Looks like the stomach flu :(

"Lucky" for Eli, Uncle Z got the whole thing on video :-)

Fortunately, Eli wasn't bothered by the whole thing at all, just happy to snuggle.

Love this little man so much!!!

Alli's 1st Grade Christmas Concert

On Sunday, we had the privilege of seeing this beautiful little girl 

 celebrate and worship Jesus at her Christmas Concert.

She was so excited and has been singing the songs at home for weeks.

We could not wait to see her sweet performance.

We got there early to get seats near the front and take pictures of our sweet girl.

The boys did very well considering they are 2 and 4 and had to sit still for 2.5 hours :-)

Love Lukey's face in the above picture.  He insisted on being in the pic with Alli but refused to smile!

The Concert was amazing and we were blown away by all the students but our favorite part was when the Kindergarten - Fourth Grade performed O Holy Night, Whatcha Gonna Call that Boy, Welcome to Our World and Go Tell It on the Mountain.

Sweet Alli sang her heart out and I swear we could hear her voice above all others!!!

Such a great way to start the Christmas season!