1. A family trip to the Festival of Nativities - after having so much fun with our picture scavenger hunt at the festival last year we decided to do it again. We hit Dairy Queen after for a little blizzard treat.
2. Christmas Concerts - Carson played at the mall this year with his orchestra as well as in his winter concert at the school. He is the lead violinist and LOVES to play. I never have to ask him to practice.
Tanner and Austin are now in the same choir and got to perform at several places around the Portland/SW Washington area. Besides their winter concert at the school they also got to perform at the Festival of Nativities and the Grotto. Tanner led the choir with a solo in one song and did a beautiful job! You can listen to their song by going to http://unionchoir.org/media/2011-2012/holiday-concert/ and under the audio files selecting #13 Gloria by the Chamber Choir. Tanner is the soloist on this piece.
3. The Sork Family Musical Christmas Special - for years and years we have been performing in retirement homes around the community where we have had family members as residents. With the passing of Grandma Hirons this year we didn't have a retirement home to visit. Everyone felt a little sad about that. So I called the retirement center where the scouts helped honor the vets on Veterans Day and asked if we could adopt them as our grandparents. We were able to go meet some new friends and share our talents with them in memory of Grandma Hirons, Grandma Sork and Bapa Lou. We also did a little program for the ward Relief Society Dinner. Sorry, no pictures of this one. I was busy sitting at the piano while Tanner, Austin and McKenna each sang solos. I also accompanied Carson as he played a Christmas medley on his violin. I also played a few duets with my piano students (I am up to five now). We asked some family friends to participate too so we had a trumpet trio as well. We also incorporated a few sing-along songs in there for the audience to participate in. It was a nice evening.
4. Arts and Crafts - One of my very good friends, Jeri Fitzgerald came by and brought us a Christmas Candy Train. It was beautifully decorated and took so much time and love we decided to build a whole village to go with it. Emily Mosset, our cousin, was visiting with us so she got to help too.
5. Some sort of adventure. This year it was snowboarding - The big boys got lucky and Dad took them up to the slopes one day. I had been sick so not all of us could go. There are so many different skiing levels in the family it takes two adults.
The two youngers got to stay home with me. We had a cabin day (that means laying on the couch and watching a movie with popcorn and a yummy slushie drink. We also played a few games. Then Carson and McKenna planned, shopped and began working on the gingerbread village.
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