Singing

About a month ago the kids sang in the Primary Program at church. Later that day I had them perform some of the songs in front of the camera so I could send the video clips to my brother serving a mission in Thailand.

Clip #1: I am a Child of God

Elizabeth is not in primary, and won't be for a few years, but she still wanted to sing along with the older kids. For the first part of the clip, she's just playing around with her dress, but then about halfway through she remembers that I had told them to sing loudly, so she picks it up a notch. (For the record, that is also how she sang during the actual program that she was not a participant in, singing along to all the songs from the back of the chapel.

Clip #2: I am a Child of God solo by Rachel

This one is kind of a jazzy version, in which she also has to fight off a light-saber attack from Elizabeth during the singing.

Clip #3: I am a Child of God, Once More Because of Course Now Elizabeth has to do a Solo

Yes, that is her real voice. Yes, it always sounds like that. Yes, it makes pretty much everything she says sound hilarious.

Clip #4: My Future Missionaries

Oliver and Tristan trying their best to come up with some sort of tune.

Rachel The Fighter Girl, Part Two

(See part one here)

The other day Rachel came downstairs all dressed up in fancy clothes (skirt, too-big high heels, special red purse, etc.) just like any normal 4-year old girl, only she had also brought with her the boys' dart gun and was shooting darts at people left and right.

She then stated loudly for everyone to hear, "You don't want to mess with me!" (we weren't about to).

(But in case we were considering. . )
She added, "Cause, look - you think this is just an old lady purse? Think again!"

She held it open so I could see the contents, which included: a grenade, army belt, knife, dagger, and binoculars.

She was right. That was not an old lady purse. We considered ourselves warned.






Luckily, this fighter girl still likes to get her picture taken.

I guess it's that time of year again. . .

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Thanksgiving

I know it's already December, but I want to write about Thanksgiving.

We had a great time. Daniel's brother Anthony and his wife Amber drove down from Dallas and spent the weekend with us. They are such such a good uncle and aunt, and our kids adore them.

I made a little smilebox thing to show how much fun we had. And it even has 3 little bonus video clips in it, because after 2 years of owning our camera, I realized I could actually press the little video button, and it would really work, and it would capture real live video of our kids. And then I could put them straight on to our computer that same day, instead of waiting for 3 years like I do with our regular video camera.

(Is anyone having trouble viewing the slideshow? It has been brought to my attention that the little arrow that you use to advance to the next page is kind of wild and likes to change directions at random times - I found that with a little practice you can get it to stay still and then flip it around by using tiny hand motions with the mouse. Sorry to have posted such a temperamental slideshow.)

Random Pictures from the Last Few Months