Christmas Carols and Recital

I have two piano students: Lydia and our young friend Emily. I taught Emily's older sister for several years, and now Lydia and Emily take lessons together. Their mom teaches art to the other kids while I teach piano. It seems like Christmastime is the best time for our families to get together and we have a little "recital" where the girls play a few pieces they have worked on. We sang carols together and enjoyed cookies, hot chocolate and popcorn. We stayed up very late and had a wonderful time ;0)

Emily and I are playing a duet.

Lydia and I are now playing another duet ;0)

Here are our combined gaggle of kids aged: 12, 10, 9, 8, 6, 6, 4, 4, 2. We used to be neighbors and had been friends for 6 years before we each outgrew our respective homes 3 years ago. So, now we get together for piano and art about every other week. The children just love each other and the adults do too. It is a foretaste of heaven to be together with Christian friends and to disregard time. How great it will be to spend eternity together worshiping our shared Savior!