Christmas Concerts

With this time of year comes lots of performances, concerts, recitals, etc. Cassidy had two performances this past week, both of which really added to our Christmas spirit.
Her first performance was the school choir concert. Cassidy was so excited to be able to join the choir this year. It is only for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. She has always loved to sing so it was a great opportunity for her. She has been very dedicated, getting up early twice a week, so that she can make it to choir on time--they meet an hour before school starts. They sang seven songs, and they all sounded great! One of the songs was in Latin and one in Hebrew--I was impressed!!

The fam before we left for the concert

For some reason Ethan kept smiling AFTER I would take the picture. So I hurried and took this one right after while he was smiling so big!

Andy's parents drove over an hour just for the concert! I love having such supportive grandparents!

Cassidy is on the front row right in the middle

Cassidy and her friend Tatumn after their concert!


The second performance we were able to attend was really really neat. Cassidy's piano teacher chose only 8 of her students(out of almost 60), to have a small, spiritual, Christmas recital. I have to admit that I was not too excited to have to go. Her piano recitals tend to drag on and on and you really only want to hear your child(rude, but true). I was pleasantly surprised by this particular recital. Her teacher had all the students pick some beautiful Christmas music, it was such a special night. Cassidy has started playing out of the LDS hymn book and the LDS primary hymn book, so she chose to play "Picture a Christmas", and "He Sent His Son". If you aren't familiar with those songs, "He Sent His Son" is a very very difficult piece. To make things even harder her teacher wanted her to accompany someone singing. Cassidy asked her friend Madison to do that. They practiced so hard and it really paid off. They did a wonderful job--it brought tears to my eyes!

They both looked so beautiful in their Christmas dresses!


Cassidy's teacher had her and Madison close the evening by singing a duet of Silent Night, then the audience joined in on the last verse. She definitely doesn't have stage fright like her mom!

Thanks to my wonderful friend Trish who watched all my boys plus her kids(6 kids total)so we could enjoy this great evening with Cassidy.