Immanuel Baptist Christmas Program 2010!

Last night at church we had our children's Christmas program. This was our first year to participate in a Christmas program and both kids were in it. Jaycee was an angel and she sang a solo. She did amazing!!! She got up there and sang her little heart out! It was one of the most precious things I have ever seen. So thankful that God has blessed us with our sweet precious beautiful Jaycee. Our lives would not be the same if she wasn't a part of it. In the moments of her singing I saw a little girl that God has placed in her heart a love for music as well as a heart to worship her Savior. What more can a mom hope for than to have a child that wants to worship her Lord and Savior?!?! I will continue to pray that God will be Jaycee's love and joy. I pray she will have a passionate intimate relationship with her Heavenly Father. As she grows that God will give us the wisdom as her parents to help her see the talents and gifts God has given to her. Help her to use them for His glory. I pray that God will help prepare my heart for the journey that He has for Jaycee. That I will provide encouragement, support, and counsel as she discovers what God has for her life. What a joy this will be to walk this road with my daughter and how grateful I am that God has chosen me to be the one to help her. Okay, now that I can't see the screen anymore b/c of my tears I will finish up on the Christmas program.

Jackson was a brave little guy last night. He played a donkey. He was by far the cutest donkey I have ever seen. My heart overflowed with joy as my little guy pressed to stay put on the stage. Oh how great the temptation was for him to come to his momma in the crowd. He hung in there til very end. As their part of the program ended I met Jackson in our church foyer. As he saw me the tears began to pour down his little face. I grabbed him and held him close and told him how proud momma was of him. That my heart was so happy for him. That Jesus was also so proud of him for being so brave for Him. The other huge step is that Jackson did this without needing to drag his blanket along with him. We have downsized to a little square camo blanket that he can take to public places with us. Here at the house he carries that one along with 2 bigger blankets around. As the anxiety builds in Jackson he tends to chew on the corners of his blankets. Well, without anything to chew on his tongue appeared. ha!ha! It circled around his lips at least 100 times. It was the sweetest thing ever. Unfortunately now he has bright red lips that we keep doctoring with chap stick.

It was a fabulous night with our family and church family. We are so blessed to have the best teachers for our children. The teachers love God and deeply care for the children. They do a great job pouring Christ's love into our children.I am sad that my pictures didn't turn out the greatest. Well, I haven't actually loaded them on the computer, but what I did get they seem a little on the dark side. I am very handicapped in working my camera. I have tried to read the manual, but camera lingo is very foreign to my brain. My husband did an awesome job video taping, though. The kids loved coming home and watching it 3 times before they went to bed last night.