"Miracle on Main Street"

On Sunday, the Kidsing Praise Network, performed "Miracle on Main Street." The basic story is that the mayor (along with some townspeople) no longer want the Christmas pageant performed in the Main Street square. The kids decide they need to save Christmas & set about making it happen. Of course, the kids were successful.

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The preschoolers opened the show &

oh how I wish you could've heard them.

They were a R-I-O-T!!! ☺

"I Hate to Wait for Christmas"

The hippies that didn't want the

Christmas pageant to be performed

in Main Street square.

"I Believe"

The Nativity Scene

Thanksgiving Program

We celebrated Thanksgiving again this year with Sharon, Gord & their girls. I don't have any pictures of the day as the pictures I took were all taken with Sharon's camera. Perhaps she'll share?!? (hint, hint) ☺

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We started the day with a Thanksgiving program at church. Callie had a couple of parts & was SUPER nervous. She actually looked a little sick on the stage ... it was weird. My picture is blurry but it'll have to do. Hope your day was full of things to be thankful for.

V.B.S. Finale

I can't even tell you how much fun Callie had at V.B.S. this week. She can't decide if cake decorating or worship dance was her favorite night ... but I'd say she came out a winner all week. It was a GREAT program & Callie (and Makenna too) had a blast!!!

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So last night was cake decorating ... the girls chose to make butterflies. Who knew huh? lol

Callie couldn't stop herself
Tonight the church had a family bbq. They served hot dogs, fruit, chips, etc & had lots of games & fun things for the kids to do. The girls found a tree to climb & we got some great pictures out of it!

Callie even took this pic of Jen & I

Worship Dance @ V.B.S.

Callie & her friend Makenna have been attending Vacation Bible School each evening this week. It's not a church any of us attend (although Jenny does, "Hi Jenny!") but they offered a totally new & fun program this year. They had a huge list of activities the kids could do. They then chose 8 things and ranked them 1-8, with #1 being the thing they most wanted to do. Then we found out the 4 things they got to do when we took them for the first night. Monday night they did Digital Photography. Tuesday night they did Worship Dance. Last night was Beaded Jewelry. Tonight is Cake Decorating. It's such a huge array of things but so much fun to try new things. As it happened, the Worship Dance that Callie did was taught be her very own ballet teacher, Miss Heather. I wasn't able to see them perform their dance at the end of the night but Terence made sure to record it for me. They did a GREAT job - especially considering they had about 90 minutes to learn the dance. Beautiful for sure!!!

Just in case you didn't know, Callie is the one in black
leggings & the purple and blue shirt.

The "After Party" AND Church

After the recitals Callie & I were invited to the "after party." This is a big deal as it's the first time we were lucky enough to score an invite. I have no doubt that Callie dancing as Clara secured it ... but either way we were definitely going. It was mainly older girls & dance teachers there but Oskar was there w/his mom for a little bit. Callie & I stayed until 12:30 am and we only left when we did because Callie was to perform in the 2 Christmas programs at church the next morning.

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Here's Callie with most of the people at the party.

This is AFTER they broke a bed they

were all sitting on ... so funny!

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Bright & early the next morning Callie

had to be up & at 'em to head to church.

They were to wear colorful

scarves & hats which Callie definitely did!

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Emily & Callie ... enjoying the show

Callie's solo
The whole set ... fun Emily & Callie after the service

The Performances Continue ...

So, after our SUPER busy D.I. weekend we got home very late Saturday night & Callie had a performance the next morning at church. The 3-5 grade kids put on a musical called "Nic at Night." Callie had 2 solos, 1 singing & 1 dancing. She had lots of fun and they all put on a good show. Sharon's family was nice enough to join us and also Catyler (from Callie's D.I. team) and her family came as well.

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Here is a picture from Callie's singing solo.

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On Tuesday, the 2nd & 3rd grade kids at school put on their spring concert. Callie had a few different solos (although they were mainly "speaking" solos) and she also performed with the Honor Choir & the Guitar Club. Another good performance by all the kids.

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Emily & Callie before the concert

Callie singing loud & proud ☺

One of Callie's speaking parts

Callie w/her guitar

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Lookie what Calob bought the other day when we went to Costco ... he's a VERY happy boy!!! ☺

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Jerrie's birthmonth celebration continued on Sunday. Sharon & I took her to Starbuck's for a drink, some goodies & of course, presents!

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Here is what I had at Starbuck's. A caramel apple spice to drink & 1/3 each of a cinnamon streusel cake, lemon cake & banana cake ... SO GOOD!!! Jerrie reading her GREAT card!
Jerrie's reaction to a GREEN bowl ... you gotta love anything GREEN!!!

The Strength Team

"The Strength Team" performed at a local church & we took our family, along with Archer, to see them. They're a mix of displays of strength, motivation & a message about God. I have never seen anything quite like it before. The kids definitely enjoyed it & were whooping it up throughout the performance.

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The guys getting ready to break the cement slabs I would definitely say this was the main event ... breaking cement slabs & jumping through fire ... VERY dramatic!!
He just broke the cement slabs w/his head ... eek
Blowing up a hot water bottleCallie waiting for it to blow
Calob & Archer waiting for it to blow

(notice the kid in the background between them ... ha)