Community Service Day

For the past several years the Billinghurst concert and jazz choirs head off to three close by retirement homes to sing. They are amazing and everyone loves them! Michael went with them the first year (when he was in 7th grade) and now that Jared is in 7th grade, it was his turn! 

 We crammed into the activity room of the Emeritus. We will probably do it up the staircase again next year. This was just an experiment.

 

Off to Atria... Where my heart is. We sang in the dining room while the residents ate. This was the first time doing it this way, and we will probably keep it this way. 

 

Then off to Sky Peaks. We did it in the dining room and up the staircase, instead of just singing on the staircase. It worked out great.

 

Then off to pizza!

 

This is what happened when we got back to the school and waited for parents. 

 

As far as trying to get 80 kids to do something.... they were VERY good and well-behaved! 

Michael's Christmas Concert

I love that we live in an area that Michael's schools is still able to perform a Christmas Concert every year. In a church no less!

Last year was his first year and the program is BEAUTIFUL!

Our Attempt at Christmas Pictures

Because of time constraints and weather issues, I decided to do a little photo shoot here at home. Me with my brilliant ideas decided to add all (minus the bearded dragon) into the pictures. I will add that idea to the "NEVER AGAIN" list! By the end of the shoot, we had VERY upset cats and even annoyed dogs. Here we go...

Try one.... Ruby has already had enough waiting. 

 

Jared has a very squirmy hedgehog who is FINISHED with pictures!

 

Please excuse my immodesty. Ruby had completely had enough! It took awhile to get the cats and everyone arranged and she was fed up. So was Duncan. Jared kept getting kicked in the head by Ruby too.

 

I started laughing because Duchess was starting to growl.

 

There she goes.... And there goes Michael's face!

 

I completely lost it here. Michael was laughing, Duchess was trying to strangle Michael and Annie was trying to run for her life. Ruby wouldn't stand up, Duncan wanted OUT, and the hedgehogs were so squirmy.

 

Finally I just said, "Ok! That's it! Cats and hedgehogs away, dogs and kids ONLY!" So I got a few cute ones. 

 

Ruby kept laying down.

 

Dogs away

I hope you enjoyed them. :-)