Catholic/LDS Christmas Choir

Lexi has been practicing for the last few months for the Catholic/LDS Christmas Choir Concert. She had 2 friends from church that also participated: Eliza & Ahnyka. Ahnyka's mom is one of the directors for the adult choir. She is an amazing musician. Papa Malcolm is in the adult choir and has been practicing too.

Here is the grand finale for the adults: https://www.facebook.com/dionni.stone?fref=ts

School Literacy Night

Last week, I took the kids to their school's literacy night.  Lexi had been looking forward to it for a few weeks because they were learning and song and dance that was going to be taped and put on YouTube.  Jordan wasn't that interested partly because he missed the initial classes when he was ill. Jordan and I stayed in the back of the room.  Lexi got right up in front with a few of her friends.  The video was posted today and I had no problems picking out Lexi.  She is in quite a few spots. She has a black shirt on and a long blonde side ponytail.

Veterans Day Performance

The third graders at Lexi's school have been working on their Veteran's Day performance for months.  They learned lots of patriotic songs.  The kids were asked to invite their family along with veterans.  I told Lexi that we didn't know any veterans that live nearby, so she asked if we could ask a friend from church.  She just knew that his ultra-patriotic self would LOVE it.  Fortunately, his grandsons go to the same school.  I mentioned Lexi's desire to his daughter and she handled the part of inviting him.  He even took us to dinner and we had a nice evening.  

Singing for Santa

The age group Lexi is in for choir got selected to do a special Christmas performance at Outdoor World this evening.  Santa was going to be arriving and they wanted 30 kids to be performing for it.  The choir quickly learned a few Christmas songs and we all showed up.   

Here he is

Singing to Santa

With Rudolph & Heather

Eating at Fuddruckers

Primary Program 2013

The children had their annual Primary Program at church today.  Since I teach the 9 year olds, so I was part of it too.  Each child had a chance to say something into the microphone.  They were assigned a speaking part according to their answers on a questionnaire that was handed out.  Lexi said, "We can pray anytime and anywhere in the whole world."  Between the age groups, the children sang primary songs. We were lucky to have good friends that came to watch.  

First Choir Performance

The kids' choir director decided to use the choir practice as a performance today.  She mentioned that the kids really seem to understand what it is all about once they get on stage.  I didn't have high expectations since they have only had 4 practices, but I enjoyed it.  Lexi's group sang 2 songs.  The recording is a bit shaky because Jordan was sitting on my lap.

 

VBS Performance

I picked up the girls from VBS and headed to the park for a few minutes to wait for Lucy's babysitter to get home.  While we were there, I took the pictures above.  

This evening, we went back to the church for family night.  Although, Lexi has not enjoyed this VBS even half as much as the other one, I did like that the kids performed for us.  It was a much smaller group of kids (about 200 at this one vs 1500 at the first one).  The performance was definitely the highlight of the week.  Lexi doesn't even want to do the VBS at this church again.    

 

Primary Program

Today was the Primary Program at church.  Once a year, the kids put on a program instead of normal services.  It is usually in October, but our congregation is so large that we are going to be splitting next month.  There are 170 kids between the ages of 3 & 12.  Each class (split up by age groups) goes to the podium.  While there, each child gets to say a line into the microphone.  Then the kids sing  songs between the classes.  I happen to teach one of the CTR 5 classes (kids that were born in 2006), so I was up on the stage too.  There are 2 CTR 5 classes and Lexi is in the other one.  Lexi did a great job.  Her line was "I know Jesus loves me because I live in a beautiful world."  The kids got to come up with their own lines and that was her response to "I know Jesus loves me because...."

Primary Program 2011

Today, Lexi and Jordan had their primary performance at church. This ward (congregation) has an enormous primary (program for kids). I knew the kids wouldn’t be in the spotlight much, but Lexi like all the kids, had a line to say. She practiced saying, “I will obey my parents.” When she stepped up to the microphone to say it, the Primary President whispered something to her. She looked at her strangely and then said, “I will prepare for baptism.” Lexi whispered something to the lady as she was walking away. When she got back to her seat, she was motioning to me about the lady. I just shrugged & smiled. Later, she told me that the lady told her someone else’s line. I explained that Lexi handled it well and that the show must go on.

Drill Team Performance

Lexi got to dance at half time at a football game with my old high school's drill team last night. The bad part was that it was THE HOTTEST day that Texas has seen in decades & that is saying something horrible. We were dripping in sweat after mere seconds of being there. We sat in the stands for the first quarter. During the second quarter, she went to practice with the girls. The show was worth it though. She displayed great charisma and poise. When it was over, we headed out quickly. She told me that she can’t wait to do it again next year.

High School Dance Workshop

A few weeks ago, one of my friends sent me an e-mail with about a drill team workshop at my old high school. Her daughter is on the drill team there. Apparently, every year they have a one day workshop for school age girls and then they perform during half time at the football game that night. This sounded like something Lexi would love, so I talked to Steve about it (it is technically his weekend) and signed her up. This morning, he picked her up and took her to the workshop. They didn't let parents stay, so he came back and ran errands with Jordan and me. We went back at noon so they could show us the dance that they will be performing. She loved it and did a great job.