Church Christmas Performance

Emily, Hannah and Claire had their church Christmas performance on December 3rd.  Pawpaw and Grandmama drove up on Saturday so they could be here for it and we enjoyed also getting to watch the SEC championship with them and cheer on the Dawgs together.  

I didn't ask them to pose like this, but they were all snuggled up to Grandmama and Pawpaw after they got here so I ran to get my phone. 

We enjoyed having Grandmama and Pawpaw at church with us on Sunday morning.  She took a picture of each of the girls before we headed out the door.  

Mimi and Papa arrived that afternoon so that they could be here for the performance that night.  We enjoyed spending several hours relaxing with everyone.  

I've enjoyed working with the Play and Praise kids (3 years old through K-5) again this year. We've consistently had a good number of kids each week and they have been so sweet. 

Getting ready to take the stage!

Claire wanted to stand beside Hannah.  

During our performance at the elast Spring Claire stood on the stage with her arms crossed and a big scowl on her face during a large chunk of the performance.  This time I can't remember if she smiled much, but she didn't scowl, used the instruments and maybe even sang a little.  Go Claire!  

Hannah looks tall here, but it's probably because she's between two three-year-olds.  

This was Emily's third play with the big kids choir and I've never seen her work so hard to memorize her lines and learn every song and motion.  She wanted to practice all the time and we were really proud of her hard work.  It showed as she knew that play backwards and forwards.

The play that they did was called "Out of the Box" and it really was super cute.  Emily and three of the other girls were "angel cheerleaders."

My friend Shannon got a picture of Emily during one of her speaking parts.  I love that you can see how much expression she was using!

The whole gang after the show!  

All the grandparents headed back to their houses after the show but we were thankful they made the trip up to be with us! 

And we were super proud of all three girls!