Psalm 23

Hello! Hopefully my catching up on some blog posts isn't overwhelming your inbox (those of you who are subscribed via electronic mail). But...this mama had some catching up to do. This is the second of today's two posts....so really not that much.

Anywho...

So, River's class had been working hard on memorizing  Psalm 23 and recited it for chapel last Friday morning. It was a privilege to see little people up there speaking such a wonderful promise.

Unfortunately, you really can't see my son's face (other than the top of his strawberry blond head), but he was there....:-)

And I promise I will get better about videoing the entire performance. Hehe. Will work on that. :-)

Here it is....please ignore the fuzzy footage. Focusing is key. I'll remember that. :)



Psalm 23 from kelly c. on Vimeo.

Have a great evening! :-D

Oh, and I encourage you, if you do not already have Psalm 23 put to memory, to go read it now..amazing promises!!

-Kelly

'O Come All Ye Faithful'

I hope you all had a very happy Christmas with those you love! We did! It's always a blessing to be able to spend extra time with loved ones and friends! And the food wasn't bad either.

So...

River, his class, and the other first grade class sing 'O Come All Ye Faithful' during his school's annual Christmas program. :-)

I have been coming to watch this program for years...way before I even had my own children. It seems that I have always known someone participating in the program (more than likely my sister's kids, but I am even thinking I went and saw my sister's sis-in-law, Lisa participate in the program, too?) Either way...it was pretty neat to see one of my own kids be a part of the program.  The two first grade classes did an excellent job at the song. Adorable. 

It was a very nice program. It  did end with a bit of excitement when the electricity popped off for maybe 5 or so minutes. Thankfully this was at the end when everyone was simply chatting after the program had ended. It sure did add a bit of adventure to the evening.  Not going to lie...my heart raced when I realized I could not see my kids and we were standing in a very large crowded church. It all worked out. God makes sure of that.

Now, I will say...I was a bit disappointed that cookies were not offered afterwards as that was, from what I could remember, something that happened after the program every year. Oh well...I suppose there was a cookie shortage? :-(

Here is a little video of the song River's class sang. Please ignore the excessive movement and sporadic shaking. I really am ok, but probably will not have a future at being a surgeon, that is for sure..and that is ok by me.

Oh...and yes, I actually hit the 'play' button a bit into the song (not right at the beginning)...needless to say I need to brush up on my video recording skills. :-)

Without further ado...

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Spalding Christmas Program 2012 from kelly c. on Vimeo.

hard drive tragedy

So, I am trying not to cry as I type this mini post (oh, please. who am I kidding...each one of my posts are mini). I have suffered the loss of a hard drive. A hard drive with photos that are so incredibly special to me. Poof. Gone. A lesson in proper back up was made and driven home to me, no less.

Now, I refuse to give up on this expensive to retrieve hard drive. It was a mechanical issue which could easily mean $1000 for hard drive recovery. :-( So, it will happen, just not right now.

So...needless to say I will be contacting my lovely family members to inquire about collecting contributions in the form of photos from River and Kathryn's birthday party (just to name one special event from the hard drive).  So, Debi and Tina...could you pass onto me some photos when you get a chance please? Let me just say that I was so pleased with the photos I took from River's party that I feel a tear forming in my eye. :-(

But...alas. Life goes on.

I will be posting again soon...we are about to start Christmas vacation and unlike River (who loves school so very much) I am beyond excited to have him home with us for about two weeks! Yay! He's excited, too it's just he really thinks school is a wonderful place and he will be missing his friends.

Sorry, no photo this time. I will really make a much better effort to keep this little blog up-to-date. Just watch out. It'll happen. :-)

-Kelly