Singing Tree and Parade!

Doyle directs in the rain-Hey,they won the trophy and got their picture in the paper!

Last week was a busy one here at Hobe Sound. The Singing Tree performed 4 times and we had our annual town parade. I put 49 pictures on Facebook, but decided to put a few on my blog. Lydia waves at the crowd on the school float. It started raining when they were almost done-what a mess!

Our band with the youth group behind them.

Julianna getting ready to march.

Samuel in line with his trumpet.

Joseph was a shepherd on the float.

Lydia was Mary.

Joseph was a cat in the animal song for the Tree performance.

Julianna was an angel in the Hallelujah Chorus.


The Singing Christmas Tree!

Samuel gets ready to go sing with the rest of the kids.

Lydia as an angel.

Doyle plays for the prelude.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL!!

Samuel turned 11 today! We celebrated his birthday last night because the kids and Doyle have a big practice tonight. This was his year to have a family party, so it was just us. He wanted cupcakes for his cake, so I put them in the shape of a tree.

He also wanted to light his candles. All of my kids love the idea of lighting candles-not sure why.

Joseph watching Samuel open his gifts.

His big gift this year was a DSI-something he has been wanting for a long time.

He had a lot of fun figuring out all of the features.

Today I took cupcakes in to his class.

We played a board game together as a family before going to bed last night-we knew this week would be a bit hectic, and felt like it was important to spend some time to celebrate his special day.