Tavaci Christmas Concert

Another great Tavaci concert. This is really one of my favorite things in the world. I absolutely love watching my girls perform. It brings me great joy. I am so grateful to Betsy and Esther who make it possible for my girls to share their talents. Every year at our Christmas concert Santa comes for a visit. The girls are always so excited that Santa would come all the way from the North Pole just to see their concert. We love Santa.

Megan's Christmas Party

Megan is in 4th grade this year. She is really enjoying it. She has made some good friends and is loving her teacher Ms. Conklin. We had a fun time with her at her class Christmas Party. Grandma was able to come and have fun with us.

Alexis Christmas Party

Alexis is in 1st grade this year. She has a wonderful teacher Ms. Fisher. She is having a great year so far. She loves playing with all her friends and getting tons of attention from her teacher. We had a fun time at her class Christmas Party.

Megan's projct on South Carolina

Megan had to do a project on South Carolina this year. Megan is in 4th grade and she is loving school. She has a wonderful teacher in Ms. Conklin. Megan had a fun time doing this project with her daddy.

YW Christmas Party

I recently got called as 1st counselor in the YW's presidency. The really cool thing is that my sister in law Kristina is the 2nd counselor and our President is her mother MaryAnn. We are keeping it all in the family to say the least. Our advisers are Betsy Baugh who works with Kristina, Laura Kaiser who works with me, and Rachael Shumway who works with MaryAnn and we have Nicole Wood as our secretary. I am really excited about this new calling. I love being with the youth. We decided to have a Christmas party with all the girls for our joint activity for December. We all got together at my house and had some yummy food and then we had a White elephant gift exchange. It was fun, the girls brought some silly things. I ended the night off by reading a poem called The White Stocking. I put the words to the poem on a scroll and rolled it up and placed it in a white stocking and gave one to each of the girls. I think that the night went pretty well.

The White Stocking
`Twas the night before Christmas as I walked through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The presents had been wrapped and placed under the tree,
I paused, tired, excited, and then giggled with glee.
The stockings were hanging and were beautifully filled,
No one had been forgotten, though the credit card was billed.
As I looked at the scene with the stockings on the ledge,
I noticed one empty, the one on the edge.
Where's the Spirit of Christmas – What have I done?
The children's stockings are full, except for this one.
It was the stocking intended for the child of Bethlehem.
The white stocking for Jesus that was hung up by them.
Of all the people at Christmas, that might be forgotten
How could I not remember the Fathers Only Begotten?
Only He had been left out of the festivities,
As we planned and prepared all, for our families.
As I pondered, I realized this just was not right!
It was His birth that was being celebrated, after this night.
I resolved then and there to remember The Lord,
And quickly made changes that were easy to afford.
I hung the white stocking in a special place in our home,
And corrected the atmosphere to provide a more spiritual tone.
On Christmas morning I gathered the family together,
And each of us wrote on a special piece of paper.
We gave Jesus a gift which we placed in the stocking,
A sincere change of heart, not there for the mocking.
The white stocking hung in our home as a symbol for us,
Of the true meaning of Christmas – the Savior, The Lord Jesus.
So take your white stocking and hang it with pride,
Remember the Savior, put his gift inside.

Tavaci at The Bridge Assisted Living Center

Each year the girls get to go to The Bridge Assisted Living Center for a performance. It is always so fun to go and see all the elderly get so excited about the kids singing. We have been going for several years now so it is cool to see familiar faces when we go. The girls always enjoy this performance.

Here comes the tooth fairy!

Alexis finally lost her very first tooth. She was so excited. She thought this day would never come.