Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday. After a whole year of seeing how God has blessed us and been apart of our lives, what better way to thank God than to set apart a season of thanksgiving and rejoicing. So with that in mind we decided that for our thanksgiving program each of us would say one thing that they are grateful for and then to play a song about that thing. For example, Marilee said she is very grateful for her bunnies; then we sang the song "All God's creatures got a place in the choir".
Seth however was grateful for turkeys and so he got to dress up like one and be the "star" of this show by being chased by hunters (John and Graham),
Juggle balls,
Sing a solo and eventually become a full member of our band!
Well it goes something like that...
This is all pretty silly but it is all worth the effort when we see the smiles our friends' faces at all of the different nursing homes that we visit.
Putting a whole new program together every month is very challenging but when we all work together, with the Lord's help and direction we are able to accomplish things that we thought were impossible.
While all this practicing and preparation was going on, John decided that we needed one more instrument to add to our collection. A snare drum! It will be fun to implement this into our programs. Our only fear is what will happen when David (who has a knack for making practicing seriously impossible) will do with it when he comes home (heehee). Actually, this month marks his 16th month away from home. He has been working hard and loves the people of Brazil. Keep up the good work Elder Richards!
Our first Thanksgiving performance was at the Cottonwood Estates in Central City Nebraska. It went fairly well, considering it was our first performance. The residents seemed to enjoy it and that is what matters the most.
Mom had surgery on her foot a couple weeks ago and so we were grateful that it was healed enough for her to be able to come with us to our premier performance. We keep praying that her foot continues to heal properly. We love you MOM!!!
We could not ask for a more outstanding Turkey!
You did a wonderful job Seth!
WE LOVE NEBRASKA!!!!
We had been asked to play background music for a pancake supper being held in Holdrege. Their theme was go Huskers! Even though we are not huge football fans we do love Nebraska!!! We feel so blessed to live in this wonderful state!
We all put on our Red Nebraska Shirts and literally jammed for a couple hours.
I am not sure that anybody know exactly what is going on here but as long as the melody is still being played that is a good sign. (the trials of being amateur performers.)
Overall I must say that the evening went well. I guess they did not throw us out! (heehee)
We love our Veterans!!!
Veterans Day was a very special day for us! We were asked to play for the Elk's club annual veteran event. We felt honored to have to privilege of personally thanking those men and women who have risked their lives fighting for our country.
Our patriotic program was based around this sacred document, "The Constitution of the United Stated of America". It contains all that we hold dear as American citizens.
"The girls"
Yup, that's us! We were ready to start.
This vacant chair was placed there and decorated in memory of all those who have not returned from the conflicts abroad. It is very sad that there must be war in the world today when there is a solution to all conflicts. If everyone would just turn to Jesus Christ and become perfected in Him then people could be spared so much grief, fear, and anguish of soul and body. He is the only way to peace and happiness. May God bless all those who have sacrificed their time, talents, and even lives for our country.
(Like I said before our camera is not really working and so there has been a shortage of pictures lately.) but we do have more videos!
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
John 14:27
love the new snare drum. it sounded great in your performances. david will have a blast will all these new instruments...and so will all the grandkids. hehe. just wait til mack is a little older, then he will make all kinds of original music at grandma and grandpa's house:)
ReplyDeleteI really like the both videos!! I especially liked how the Civil War Battle of Instrument ended with Shenandoah. It has a good feel to it and made me think about how the States were suppose to stay together.
ReplyDeleteThe Marching clip was good too, and it seems longer then other ones I have seen. It is fun to watch Graham ham it up and the march was well choreographed. Keep up the good work.
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