She's at it again!

I'm thinking of changing the name of this blog to Madison sings... :) She is very quick to point out that she has the most labels on the sidebar to the right. Oh well, she has done lots of neat things recently.

She was asked to sing a solo in our Christmas service this year. She was in heaven! She really did a great job, if I do say so myself! After the service, which Steve and I also sang in, people came up and said "Your daughter was amazing. Everyone else did well too, but your daughter was incredible!" Someone thought they brought a child in to sing for us. She even got a card from a music professor at Pepperdine who said that it was never too soon to start recruiting good singers! :) Enjoy!

Merry (very late) Christmas!

Here are a few of my favorite Christmas moments. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Third Time (was not) a Charm...

Ella, who is 4 1/2, had three chances to visit with Santa this year.

The first one came at preschool..

That is Grandpa sitting with Santa...

The next one came at church...

That is Madison with her friends...

The last chance came yesterday at Bass Pro. That's right, Springfield folks, we drove 40 miles to Bass Pro. I got to eat at Steak 'N Shake so it was well worth the drive! :)

That is Madison by herself. Ella would not even stand in line with us.

Even Steve and I got in on the fun. (Yes, I know my make-up is outrageous. It's stage make-up.)

I give up. Maybe when she's 12...

Santa- We're Working on it...

When Ella first met Santa, she loved him...

It was downhill from there. (I love Santa's face in this picture!)

Here is last year's picture. Who's missing?

So we're working on it. It's a good thing that Ella has such a wonderful (and bossy) big sister to help her with her fear!

So, being the bossy- I mean wonderful- mother I am, I made Ella take an oath promising to sit with Santa. Come on- I want a good picture! :)