2017 Cmas program, the one where Ezra shout sings

I forgot to post about the church Christmas program! The kids practiced very diligently and Evie was so excited to perform. Boy does that girl like to stand up in front of people. Perhaps there's a future for her on the stage... Samuel played Joseph. Terry and the other staff guys were included in a game of "Stump the Pastors." Ezra brought down the house in laughter with his shout-singing. So all in all, everyone but Noah and I were involved. 

(Here is the full recording on youtube. Ezra starts just a couple minutes in, through six minutes.)

Paul, Dave, Terry, and Russ

The preschoolers always go first since they're so wiggly. There's Ezra on the projector screen with Silas pictured above him - that's who he was competing with while he was singing.

There's Ezra with Sydney on his right. She was covering her ears at one point because he was so loud!

All throughout their program there was one voice that was louder and more obnoxious than the rest, but since we were sitting further back, I couldn't quite make out who it was until this moment. Ezra was yelling out "J-E-S-U-S!" 

He got progressively louder as their program went on. This was their last song and he was out of control. It was completely and totally hilarious. It turns out he was in competition with Silas as to who could sing louder. He told me later that Silas wasn't singing loud enough. Ezra more than compensated. The shaky recording was due to my laughter.

Next up was Samuel's first and second grade group. He's in front of the microphone.

Not long into it Samuel disappeared behind the curtain where he donned my bath robe and other paraphernalia and came out as Joseph. He was so cute. He kept looking over in the front row at Daddy, whose phone you can see pointed at him.

Here's some of Terry's footage.

Last up was the rest of the kids, which included Evie. She's in the middle while they all get set up, all smiles.

Singing or laughing?

She had two lines for the program, which she was excited for. She so badly wanted a part.

The kids all participated in a game of Stump the Pastors with Dave, Russ, and Terry with Paul as the game show host. Terry was a cowboy rancher. Russ a nerd, and Dave a rabbi (since he's Jewish)

They were hilarious. 

I don't remember what Terry's question was, but he explained what Immanuel means.

Dave shared the gospel at the end.

Lauralee closed it up and we all sang a couple Christmas songs together. It was such a fun night, the best Christmas program I can remember. Great job everyone!