We brought our Christmas stockings up with us, and Dad and I bought stocking stuffers for all the kids--my six, my five siblings that live at home, and my two baby nieces. We put all thirteen stockings on the stair banister. We had bought so much stuff (Slim Jims, cheese sticks, juice boxes, fruit, nuts, granola bars, etc.) that we didn't have room for the candy! We ended up putting all the candy in a big bowl in the middle of the table. By the end of Christmas day the candy was all gone.
We went to my husband's side of the family for Christmas the next day, and I got to see my newest niece. I now have 2 nephews and 5 nieces. She is my husband's sister's baby, and she was born the day before Christmas Eve I'm pretty sure.
I got a bass guitar for Erick for Christmas. He'd been interested in learning how to play, and he borrowed one from a friend to learn on. I bought this guitar for him back in October and hid it in Joy's and Sarah's closet because I knew he'd never look there.
We are working towards doing a skateboard outreach at our church next spring, and we were wanting to have a live band. I had asked a few people I knew about being in a band, and we needed a bass player still, so a couple of weeks before Christmas I told Erick, "Guess what--we have a band, and you're the bass player. Practice is in two weeks."
He's worked really hard on it, and we've had a couple of practices. We have a guitar player from a local band that is helping us. In working with Erick and the others and helping hm figure out how it all works, such as which note in a chord the bass player hit, I've finally figured out how the chords in a song work and I can now play piano by chord! I've been trying to play by note for years, and I've never done all that well at it. All of a sudden I can play by chord and even sing at the same time. I just feel like this is God's Christmas present to me this year, to be able to let me play an instrument in the band, too. I'm also getting a keyboard that is a gift from someone who doesn't even attend our church.
Our band played for the first time last night at our New Year's Eve service. It went well, but the turn-out was really low. Erick's parents came down and visited, though, and brought the three youngest ones, so it was nice they came. They stayed the night with us and went home this morning.
We're also doing some construction work in the basement of the church. We're building a wall to divide the kitchen from the fellowship area so it can also be used as a classroom. I think it's going to turn out really nice.
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