Buddies

Jackson's buddy Talmage came over to play this day. I decided to snap some pictures. Here they are keeping some distance.
They decided to move in closer and pose for the camera.Got a smile out of Jackson for this one.

Awwww

Uh-oh-- Jackson bumped his head.

And this is what the little cutie did later that evening. He pulled a 9x13 casserole pyrex dish out of the cupboard and it shattered on the floor. It made the loudest noise. Totally scared me from the other room, but it didn't even phase him.

The glass flew everywhere. There was even some in the living and dining rooms. Sweet, sweet toddler.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

For our next Christmas performance, we went to see Jacey perform as a star in her preschool's Nativity pageant. She goes to a Catholic preschool and they put on a really cute show every December. She did a great job for about half of the show. She looked SO adorable when she walked down the aisle onto the stage. I wished I would've snapped a picture of that even though cameras are not allowed. Too much crazy parent paparazzi that they had to ban cameras a couple of years ago. I should have snuck one in though. Half way through the performance, Jacey decided that she had had enough. She stopped singing, made a frowny face and proceeded to lift up her shirt. She kept it that way for at least 5 or 6 songs. She looked over at me and I motioned for her to put her shirt down. She shook her head "NO." It finally took her teacher noticing and talking to her mid-performance to get her to stop. Her excuse was that she was hot and tired and wanting to sit down.
I was able to snap a few pictures after the performance.
Her brothers

Jacey and Grandma

Jared's Christmas Choir Concert

Jared's Elementary school choir had a Christmas concert last night. Jared did a great job. He had on speaking part and sang a solo. We were there to watch him along with Grandma and Grandpa. I sent them there early to the school to get good seats. We have arrived at things before and had to sit in the very back. They got us seats in the front row!
Waiting for the concert to start

Jared and his best friend Brayden

Papa and Jackson- Jackson's favorite word is "WOW!" said really long and loud. One of the songs was about Christmas Bells and at the end of the song bells were ringing. Jackson let out a huge "WOW" and got some laughs.

I'm Famous

Tonight I'm performing selections from the Messiah and other Christmas music with the Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale. They did an article about us in The Bakersfield Californian and I made it into the picture. If you click to enlarge it, I'm at the very most right of the picture.:) Darn. I can't get the picture to enlarge. Well, you can still barely see me at the edge of the picture.