I am so lucky to have a husband with such a beautiful singing voice. Wes sings to me all of the time at home. I just love to listen to his voice. Wes has been a singer for most of his life, and he was a popular singer in his home church. He just started singing in the ARP choir in September. Our church doesn't have many solo musical performances, but I always hoped that Wes would get to have one someday. Our church had a Christmas musical, and Wes was tapped to sing "Mary Did You Know?" This has always been my least favorite Christmas song, probably because I usually hear it sung by Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd. I was still excited for Wes to have a solo, though.
Wes was a celebrity! On the night of the program, everyone came to hear him sing. Wes's parents and my parents came, as did my grandmother and two of my aunts. Our friends Lauren, John, Jeff, and Brittany also came to hear him sing. Wes did an amazing job singing. I decided that I now like "Mary Did You Know?" because I love the way that Wes sings it. It's a really cool song if you listen to the words. I just had trouble listening to the words before because I couldn't get past the country twang of Kenny Rogers. Wes sang it so beautifully that it made me cry.
After the program, we all went to the fellowship hall to eat dinner. We couldn't find a table for all of us, so we sat in chairs in a corner. We were all so close and cozy. Wes was so blessed to have so many great people support him.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Getting Ready for Christmas (even though it's over)
We had a wonderful holiday season this year. I'm only many weeks late in posting about our Christmas activities. Wes and I are Christmas fanatics, and we started listening to Christmas music while driving on our anniversary trip. Just so there are no mistakes, our anniversary is on November 18. That's right; we started listening to Christmas music BEFORE Thanksgiving.
At Christmas time last year, we were crazy busy since we had just gotten married. We were so excited to be able to really enjoy Christmas this year. We tried to go to as many Christmas happenings as we could get ourselves to. We went to Berea First Baptist to see their Living Christmas Tree. It was a really good program with great decorations, but I wish there had been more regular old Christmas songs. Two nights later, we saw the best Christmas show of all when Wes Page sang at the Greenville ARP Christmas program. This event will be described in more detail in a later post. After the church Christmas program, we drove through a live nativity with Jeff and Brittany. We really enjoyed this! I have never been to one of these before. It was a really neat interpretation of what it was like when Jesus was born.
We also went with my mom, dad, and aunt to see The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Peace Center. I love this play, and I have probably seen it ten times! This was the second time that Wes and I got to see it together. The night after the play, we went to two fun parties. We were served way too much good food!
Wes and I had a rare Monday night date when we went to the Greenville Symphony's holiday program. It was SOOOO good. We didn't want it to end! They played every Christmas song imaginable! The conductor was really interesting to watch, and the musicians were excellent. Two days later, we went to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra with Jeff and Brittany. It was very different from what I thought it would be. It was very entertaining, though! The best part was when I sprained my ankle in the middle of the road on the way INTO the Bilo Center and almost passed out. I'm so graceful!
Wes and I had a dinner at Outback with our friends to celebrate Christmas. After dinner, everyone came to our house and exchanged Secret Santa gifts. My Secret Santa and I had each other!
I had a girly Christmas party to go to on the night of our last day of school. What a great day to celebrate! The girls who I teach with in the breakfast club had a Secret Santa party. My Secret Santa and I had each other at this party, too!
This has definitely been the best married Christmas ever!
At Christmas time last year, we were crazy busy since we had just gotten married. We were so excited to be able to really enjoy Christmas this year. We tried to go to as many Christmas happenings as we could get ourselves to. We went to Berea First Baptist to see their Living Christmas Tree. It was a really good program with great decorations, but I wish there had been more regular old Christmas songs. Two nights later, we saw the best Christmas show of all when Wes Page sang at the Greenville ARP Christmas program. This event will be described in more detail in a later post. After the church Christmas program, we drove through a live nativity with Jeff and Brittany. We really enjoyed this! I have never been to one of these before. It was a really neat interpretation of what it was like when Jesus was born.
We also went with my mom, dad, and aunt to see The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Peace Center. I love this play, and I have probably seen it ten times! This was the second time that Wes and I got to see it together. The night after the play, we went to two fun parties. We were served way too much good food!
Wes and I had a rare Monday night date when we went to the Greenville Symphony's holiday program. It was SOOOO good. We didn't want it to end! They played every Christmas song imaginable! The conductor was really interesting to watch, and the musicians were excellent. Two days later, we went to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra with Jeff and Brittany. It was very different from what I thought it would be. It was very entertaining, though! The best part was when I sprained my ankle in the middle of the road on the way INTO the Bilo Center and almost passed out. I'm so graceful!
Wes and I had a dinner at Outback with our friends to celebrate Christmas. After dinner, everyone came to our house and exchanged Secret Santa gifts. My Secret Santa and I had each other!
I had a girly Christmas party to go to on the night of our last day of school. What a great day to celebrate! The girls who I teach with in the breakfast club had a Secret Santa party. My Secret Santa and I had each other at this party, too!
This has definitely been the best married Christmas ever!
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