Preparing for Christmas, Week 3

The week started off with Kay's Music Studio Christmas concert, which encompassed quite a gamit, from beginning violin (YIKES!)to Elementary choir. The concert treated us to quite an ecclectic mix of holiday music, with a very nicely arranged crescendo to the REAL meaning of Christmas. Once again, I've relied on my friend Kim's picture -- Above, Abby, Rachel Hickle, Anna Nisbett and Zeke eagerly await their turn to play. They did really well.
Here is the whole crew (actually, I think quite a few students had already left) -- many of these kids were in multiple groups throughout the evening...Monday is homeschool day at Kay's, and many families just come and participate in as many classes, bands and choirs as they can fit in, since she has made it very reasonable. We are blessed to have been part of it!

Tuesday, the threat of freezing rain (which didn't materialize) cancelled everything in the evening, and gave us a nice night off!

Thursday we had another wonderful night of basketball, starting off with Zeke's junior high team winning a game -- he scored 8 points. Abby's team also won, and she scored her first 2 points of the season :) -- she just told me those are her (only)two points for the season. Then Andy and a couple other young men teamed up with some old men (including Dan, and two other basketball dads) to take on the Varsity boys team. The game started off pretty close, but eventually experience won out -- I think Andy is quite an intimidating presence in the middle.

Friday we had company -- my brother Dave, his wife Kiersten, their two boys, Max and Drexel, and dog Gus stopped by on their way to Kiersten's parents home in the Dallas area. They left Illinois earlier than planned to allow extra time, since Illinois had an ice-storm instead of our December thunderstorm, and that got them here earlier, which gave the boys lots of time to play. Here are Zeke, Max, Drexel, Isaac and Elizabeth enjoying cousin fun!

Elizabeth enjoys Uncle Dave's lap, while Isaac gets "grossed"out by Aunt Kiersten's squishy ball
(trust me, you don't want to know any more than that)