~First First Friday at First Lutheran Church, Bismarck ND~

Well, the first Friday of every month, the youth from First Lutheran Church get together for a night of fun and hanging out. . .

Kenzie and I getting ready for the kids to arrive. . .

We had Karaoke. 

Rockin' out to karaoke. . .

The teens. . .

I'm hoping that more teens come in the future. (Not that the next several are going to matter since I'll be gone).

We had a movie room.  They watched 'Up' and ate popcorn and snacks. . .

=)

~First Time Sledding~

OK, so we were really excited because this past Sunday we got to go sledding for the first time.  Yes, we have lived in Colorado, and yes we have seen snow, but no we have never been sledding.  It was SO MUCH FUN!

Zack was the first one down and Dad decided to go down with him.  Father-son sledding.

Then Kenzie wanted to go down with Dad.

Kenz and I went down together.  Can you see Zack right behind Kenzie?  The sled I'm bringing up was a church family's sled.  And the one Zack's holding is our sled.

Snowboarding and Sledding. . .

Kenz and I did the snowboarding thing. ha ha ha.  I need to get better at it.

I raced one of the girls from First Lutheran. (Nicole)  I can't really remember who won.

AND WE"RE OFF! ha ha ha

Then we had the race of the dads.  Nicole's dad is on the left and my dad is in the Cowboy's jersey.  (Let's just say he wasn't too happy about that game lol)

On your mark, get set. . .

GOOOOOOOOOO!

Yeah, my dad lost. lol

We had so much fun sledding with everyone and just sledding in general!

Can't wait to do it again!!!

=)

~Singing and Fun Time~

Tonight we had Children's Choir once again.  This time however, we were at the church for an hour.  Everyone loved having the half an hour activity time after the half an hour practice.  We started a new song we're going to sing in February.  We went through the song about 7 or so times and even after one rehearsal they're doing a marvelous job.

Having fun after practice. . .

Kenzie and one of the other girls played Princess Monopoly Jr.

While the boys played Dinosaur Monopoly Jr.

(Let's just say that none of them like the Junior version.  They want the real thing.  I don't think they can play a true Monopoly game in half an hour, though)

YAY!  I got to put stickers on the Monoply dice!!!  FUN! ha ha ha  =)

So while the boys were playing Monopoly on the front side of the altar, the two other girls decided to play Yatzee on the other side.  I thought that was just too funny.

I think everyone had fun (especially after the rehearsal. lol) and I hope they enjoy every time they come for practice.  We just need to get them to stay settled down and focused when we're practicing. 

Wish us luck.

=)

~Church Christmas Program~

Well, we started practicing the Christmas program at the church. The program is this coming Sunday, and we started rehearsing this past Sunday. There aren't any teens or adults in the program, just the younger ones and a couple pre-teens. Therefore, I am helping out with the placements and such. Also with the small portions of props. (Consisting of moving a chair and bringing out the manger with the baby doll in it). I am also doing the children's choir part. In the beginning we are singing "Oh, come, little children" as the opening act. lol. We practiced for two hours before we finally went home.

Here are some pics:

Here Dad is going over lines and characters...

More lines...

Getting into it...

Kenzie and her angel halo...

Can't wait for the program on the 20th and hoping everything goes well....