Mercy Me, It's a Winter Family Christmas!

Heath, Kade, Brad, Steph and I enjoyed a wonderful concert at Stephens Auditorium to listen to Mercy Me!  They are amazing!  We first heard them at Hope, then Heath went and saw them at the State Fair last year and was blown away by them...so, we all went this time!  I have to say that it was different than any other concert that I have ever been to.  We had 2nd row center stage seats and we sat the whole entire concert, which usually doesn't happen. There were a couple times throughout the concert that I had to fight back tears...the lead singer is such a great speaker...he gave a mini sermon in the middle of their performance.  He mainly spoke about his family and the love for them, which was very touching.  The first half of the concert they played some of their hits, then Bebo came out to sing...yes, that is his name!  He played some acoustic songs to give Mercy Me a break.  He was great too!  The last half of the show Mercy Me played Christmas songs, which was a very nice start to the holiday season.  It was a fantastic show and I think I could have sat there all night long.  I would definitely recommend them and would love to see them again!  Thanks to Mom for watching Alexandria that evening!!

Last weekend we had our first Christmas, which was with Dad and Brenda.  We headed up early per Jeriann's recommendation to avoid slippery roads.  We stopped in to see Grandma Renae and Papa Jon first.  She tore their house apart and had a fun time doing it.  Then it was on to Grandpa and Grandma Winter's for some homemade chicken and noodles and gift opening.  Everyone got nice things and the kids loved playing with each others toys.  It was a nice time and luckily the roads never froze so we were all able to make it home safe and sound.   

 

Mercy Me 

Bart is amazing.

The Ladies.

Gents.

Sis loved Grandma Winter's light necklace.

Momma got some personalized dishes.

Hey, is that Santa's sack?

Nope it was a grill.

Love this one!!!!!

Thanks Kade, for looking at the camera.

Sis got a new vacuum. As of today she plays with the balls.

Grandpa has the magic touch.

Light, check.

Sis didn't know what to think of the power outage.
We were without power for 2 hours last week, which made for an interesting evening right at supper time.  We huddled around the fireplace and watched sis run around like crazy...I think she thought the lights being out was a game.