A Visit With The Big Guy!

What a busy weekend! I won't bore you with all of the details, but we did work in a visit with Mr. Claus himself on Saturday evening. We have always gone to see Santa at the Christmas party held by Sean's company. They always do a nice job with the party and it is very family oriented. This year was no different. We started out with a visit with Santa. Beckett and Helen each told him one thing that they wanted and they are a little concerned that they didn't tell him anything to bring for Will. I think we will have to check and see if we can send him an email with that info! :) Anway, although there were no smiles from Will, at least he didn't totally freak out as I imagined that he might! Love this sweet picture!
The other big hi-light of the Christmas party this year was karaoke! Yes, Beckett and Helen sang their first karaoke song in public! They loved it, and if they hadn't waited until the end of the party to get up their nerve to do it, I'm sure they would have done a lot more! They sang "Jingle Bells"! I love how Helen is looking at the screen with Beckett as if she is "reading" the words to the song!

Here they are as they were getting ready to sing. This DJ LOVES his job. He was very helpful and good with the kids!
Here is Will getting in on the Jingle Bells action! He stood on the dance floor and bounced up and down while they sang. If you would like to hear a little bit of their performance, check out Beckett's blog, The Slam to see a video clip! Too cute!
It was a fun evening! The rest of the weekend involved a trip to KY to deliver Christmas gifts for kids, some shopping, church with our friends at OAA worship center in Madisonville and our Growth Group Christmas party last night! This week is busy with birthday parties, basketball practice, family coming in town for Beckett's Christmas play on Wednesday and Helen's nativity program on Thursday! It is going to be a busy one!

I hope you all have a wonderful week! No matter how busy it gets, lets remember the reason why we are celebrating this season! I know that we will all enjoy the lights and decorations, the gifts that we give and receive and the family gatherings. But let's not allow the real reason to be pushed to the sidelines of our experience! Praise God that we have HOPE because of the gift of His son, Jesus!

Merry Christmas!