Well, it is Christmas time here at the Spjute house, and that means the busiest time of the year!!!
Having 4 kids in different activities and different grades creates A LOT of Christmas concerts and activities!
Well, we started out performing at Maceys as we do every year. The kids just love it.
They have been performing at least once a week with Micah playing his guitar and singing, Caleb on piano, Jewelia on violin, and even little Macey sings a song this year!
Here's a little video of her practicing at home:
Micah did a few guitar numbers, although he often had some technical issues at the store with amp or microphone problems. Here he is at home working on Little Drummer Boy:
Jewelia brought all the crowds with her little violin numbers. People couldn't get enough of her cuteness! Her she is playing one of her songs with Caleb practicing at home:
Lucky for them they get to have a tip jar this year and have made a bit of money to put in their savings accounts.
The kids were also asked to be in charge of all the entertainment for a ward in Kearns. They put on a whole half hour program with a skit, music, singing, and dancing. They were great!
Next came Micah's Jazz Band concert at school. He is doing really well in the jazz band and he loves it.
Here he is with his fellow guitarists:
We still wish we could hear the guitars a little more. The horns always seem to drown them out.
Then came Caleb's school choir performance.
He got to sing, play the xylophone, and play the hand bells.
Oh, think we are done? Nope, next comes Jewelia's 2nd Grade Christmas Program.
She was lucky, she even got to sing in a duet with another boy.
Here's a short clip of their duet:
She did really well.
Oh, yes, still more.....
Micah had a choir concert as well!
I don't know why they have to put the giant piano on stage right in front of the singers like that.
He got to sing a small solo part, well, a "crying part".
Oh, yes, what about Macey?
Yep, she had a Preschool program!
She has been doing well in Preschool this year.
She sang some songs and rang some bells.
She also had a dance class open house!
This next picture is funny!
I asked her what that face was, and she said it was because it hurt to stretch.
She was pretty cute!
She did a little Christmas dance:
And of course we had Micah and Jewelia's dance open houses.
Micah had an open house in both ballet and tap.
Such a studly ballet dancer he is.
He had no problems keeping right up there with the girls!
He was great in ballet, and awesome in tap:
And Jewelia had an open house in her ballet class.
She did a Christmas dance.
Wish we could upload it, but it's having issues...
Oh, are we done yet?
Nope.
Then, Caleb had his winter piano recital!
He was a little hyped up on Christmas sugar, but he did pretty good.
AND, Jewelia had a violin recital at the mall.
(Caleb helped out on accompaniment.)
It really was a lousy atmosphere for a recital since it was so loud you could barely hear them, but Jewelia did great just as well:
And then the kids went up to see their Great Grandma Lentz and perform for her there as well!
So, are we done? Well, no.....there were still Christmas Eve talent show performances and then the kids were all part of the Christmas program in church on Christmas Day.
They did soooo well at church! They were all so wonderful! Troy and Micah sang in the choir, Micah sang in a duet and a quartet, all the kids sang a song with the primary, Caleb played a piano solo, and Jewelia played in church for the first time! They were great!
Here's a video of Caleb's solo he played in church. This is video of him playing it the night before at Maceys.
And here is Jewelia practicing at home. She played sort of a medley of 2 songs, but here is the first one, The First Noel:
Here is the second, Hark! The Harold Angels Sing:
Well, PHEW! What a crazy, busy Christmas season, but we loved every minute of it!!! It's nice to be over, but the kids are excited thinking about what next year will bring!
