Here are the kids ready for their school Christmas concert. They're gonna sing their little hearts out! Well... Sam and Emily will sing their hearts out. Ethan.... not so much.
Samantha did an awesome job at her first recital! She was a little nervous because she had a mini solo part, which she did wonderfully. We are proud of her for not giving up.
The girls and I got the awesome chance to go see Taylor Swift in concert. Samantha and Emily are big fans! It was 3 1/2 hours of lots of loud music and screaming teenagers. We had fun dancing and singing along. Unfortuanately, Emily fell asleep the last 45 minutes of the concert. Who falls asleep at a concert?! But the best part of the night was when Samantha got a big hug from Taylor Swift herself! So sad to say that it happened so fast, that we weren't prepared to take a picture of it.
Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children who have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; that she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love; that she will have no greater happiness than to see them grow into young men and women who repect principles of virtue, who walk free from the stain of immorality and from the shame of delinquency....I remind mothers everywhere of the sanctity of your calling. No other can adequately take your place. No responsibility is greater, no obligation more binding than that you rear in love and peace and integrity those whom you have brought into the world.