23 December 2012

. . . angels . . .

. . . "angels we have heard on high" . . .
. . . that was the song
 i was playing today 
when i lost it . . . 
. . . it was beautiful . . .
. . . four hand piano duet 
with organ accompaniment . . .
. . . choir and congregation singing . . . 
. . . a flood of emotion . . . 
. . . memories of vespers 
at mesa high school . . .
. . . only another 
former a cappella member 
would get it . . . 
. . . and she did . . . 
. . . sorry, julie! . . .



. . . not quite so angelic . . . 
. . . this rousing rendition of 
"the restroom door said gentlemen" . . . 
. . . google those lyrics . . .



. . . we are a talented bunch . . .
. . . do your nephews 
play the ukelele? . . .



. . . we've got quite a few pianists . . .
. . . here's hope . . . 
. . . she's quite professional . . .



. . . with an attentive audience . . .



. . . halleigh is a beginner . . .
. . . but she rocked 
"carol of the bells" . . . 



. . . followed by angela's 
"away in a manger" . . .



. . . and eric john's 
stomp style percussion number . . . 
. . . elliott might follow 
in his drummer's footsteps . . .



. . . chelsea and natalie 
made me cry . . .
. . . "mary's lullaby
always does that to me . . .



. . . along with my grandkids 
when they sign and sing . . . 
. . . they're really so sweet . . .



. . . special thanks and shout out 
to my friend, vicki, 
who so generously loaned us 
these nativity costumes . . . 



. . . type casting? . . . 
. . . maybe angela 
should have played the angel! . . . 
. . . but she made a darling star . . .



. . . elliott was the littlest shepherd . . .
. . . he thought he was joseph . . . 
. . . which is fine . . .



. . . eric john was the real joseph . . .
. . . and addi held a baby doll 
since hayden was on
too many other people's 
guest lists tonight . . . 



. . . the story is the same 
every year . . .
. . . one of hope, and love, and joy . . .



. . . hope and love and joy 
are the emotions i always feel 
when i spend time 
with family . . . 

{romney family 2011}

. . . and maybe 
just a little craziness . . . 


1 comment:

Carol said...

Merry! Merry Christmas to you and your family Steph!