Our sweet neighbor Elena has started a tradition of hosting a neighborhood Christmas party each December. She invites several families from the neighborhood, and our neighborhood crew performs several musical numbers, the gospel is shared, and refreshments and fellowship follow. It feels a bit like a Hallmark movie, and one of the most special Christmas traditions.
The girls dressed in their Christmas best for the occasion.
We rehearsed as a group a couple of times the week before the concert, and did one final run through before the neighbors arrived.
Neighbors and best friends. What a gift!
Katherine and Laura sand "Mary Did You Know." They're getting so big!
Precious!
Nathan doesn't play much guitar anymore now that robotics consumes his life, but he dusted it off and relearned "Jingle Bell Rock" to perform with Daniel.
Samuel opted out of a musical number and read a scripture passage instead. The theme of the concert were the four songs of Christmas- Zechariah's song, Mary's song, the Shepherd's song, and Simeon's song.
The older girls performed a rendition of "Joy to the World,"
And then Elisabeth, Elise, and Laura sang "We Three Kings." For the grand finale, all the kids performed "Joy" based off of the scripture in Luke of the shepherds' song when the angels appeared. It was such a beautiful song. The kids worked really hard, and sounded wonderful.
After the concert, the kids enjoyed some treats, chatted, and played games.
We captured a couple of group pictures. It really does look just like something you'd seen on a Christmas movie.
What a blessing for these twelve kids to grow up together and make these memories.
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