Snowman and Festivities

(December 2nd, 2023)

I love it when we have our ward party early in the season. Then I don't have to worry about it overlapping with other events. (December can be quite the crazy month.) This year, they wanted to have a talent show for part of the entertainment. Talent night means the Cazier's are signing up, no questions asked. We never know what we are doing, but we are doing something.

We threw out plenty of ideas, but on the trip to Idaho for Thanksgiving, Snowman by Sia came on my playlist and I knew that was the one we needed to sing for talent night. 

June was going to be out of town, but we gave jobs to everyone else. We all had singing parts, and Tyler was going to play the marimba and Beau was playing the piano. 

I wish there were more acts that night. Our ward didn't really get into it. There were only three or so numbers before us. Unfortunately, Beau's shift was running late that night and wasn't there when it was our turn. 

The final part of the evening was supposed to be The Nativity performed by the youth, so I begged them to go before us. (I would have felt worse ending the evening on a less spiritual note, but Santa was scheduled to come at the very end of the evening and that would have burst the Jesus bubble anyway.)

The kids did a great job with the nativity. It was a simple production with two narrators and the kids acting out the scenes onstage. Daisy was one of the narrators. She did an amazing job. She is really good at reading out loud. Her kids will be very lucky. Pearl was a cute shepherd and Ivory played the piano for all the songs. (I guess the kids on stage did sing, although they did not speak.)

It was a very nice production and the youth did a great job. The highlights for me were Annie as the donkey and Spencer as the star. Classic.

Then it was our turn whether we were ready or not. We weren't. Beau still wasn't there, but the show must go on. It would have sounded better with the piano, but Tyler carried it just fine with the marimba. Check it out.

It was a really fun evening. Everyone really enjoyed our number. Chelsea Stringer in particular said she wanted to be adopted into our family. She loves to sing and something like this would be right up her alley. (She did sing a song during the nativity, which was beautiful.) I'll have to remember to invite her next time. She could only make us sound better. Just a couple more selfies from the evening. Taylor came to watch the number. (He is officially Ivory's boyfriend as of a week or so ago :)

It was a really fun Christmas party. But I always enjoy when the Cazier's perform.