Abby Talk

Here's a fun email from our awesome babysitter, Kjaere.

Home from School car conversation:
(Abby going about a million miles a minute)

Abby: (Your Grace is enough playing) "I know this song! I went to a Rock n Roll concert and they played this song and it was AWESOME! Do you know who sings this song, KJ?"

Me: "Yep, Chris Tomlin"

Abby: (astounded) "How do you know that?"

Me: "I'm very smart."

Abby: "Well, Chris Tomlin gave MY Daddy a new guitar."


....... walking to the house, juggling Aaron, papers, and talking to Abby who's holding Advent candle thingy she made:

Abby: "Can I go to Heaven and talk to Jesus, Kj?"

Me: "Um, what do you want to tell Him?"

Abby: "I want to tell Him that this candle is for Him... Do you think He knows this candles is His?"

Gosh... got to love your kid ;-)

Thanksgiving 2007

GOOD NEWS!!

The "Our Emmanuel" Christmas CD's are here! They actually arrived in the mail two days before Thanksgiving. Phew! You can buy them at SBCC on Sunday's or online.

We had a good time in Templeton this weekend! Here's some pictures of the fun...


Even though they aren't smiling, Aaron & Gwen are pretty cute!


Here's a picture of the very first Thanksgiving...ok, not really!


Abby loves Gramma Rachel & Papa Ron!


Good Times with the cousins!

I was gifted a Chris Tomlin Signed Guitar!

What an amazing gift! I received a big surprise at the Evening of Thanksgiving on Saturday night. The parents of my class gave me a beautiful, brand new Epiphone guitar, signed by my favorite worship song-writer, Chris Tomlin!



I have to tell you the whole story! I have actually been wanting a second acoustic guitar for about two years, but I’m afraid diapers have taken the priority in our budget. I love my Taylor, but it has been quite burdensome to take it back and forth between home and school constantly.



When I arrived at the Evening of Thanksgiving on Saturday night, I realized that I had completely forgotten I was supposed to bring my guitar for a special song. I saw the beautiful Chris Tomlin guitar on the auction table and pondered the idea of borrowing it from the highest bidder. However, I quickly decided that it was far too special and I had no business borrowing such a unique instrument from the fortunate winner. (Little did I know, that blessed individual would be me!) I raced home to get my guitar. However, I did not end up needing it! After Brent Reichard presented the Tomlin guitar on behalf of the third grade parents, I KNEW I could play it!



This Guitar Will Go to Good Use!
I am thrilled to have this guitar! I have been researching guitars and this Epiphone AJ-200 is EXACTLY the one I’ve had my eye on! Can you believe that? God amazes me! It’s new home will be my classroom at El Montecito School. My class was thrilled to see the guitar this morning. We sang “Your Grace is Enough” for the first of many times! I will use this guitar every day for worship with my class and every week at chapel. You will probably also see this guitar being used at SBCC and at special school events like the Christmas program and Extravaganza. I'm sure I will record with it and play it with bands. Lastly, it will also be used to teach others how to lead in worship. I am so grateful for this generous and thoughtful gift. Thank you so much!

Come Little Baby

This post is for everyone from SBCC that is is helping with Kathleen's "Come Little Baby" song. The song is on the "Our Emmanuel" album due out by Thanksgiving. You can hear the song if you click HERE. (allow a few seconds for loading...)

Here's the lyrics:

COME LITTLE BABY
By Kathleen Sieck

VERSE 1
Little Jesus, precious Savior
Holy Son of God on high
We will sing your praise forever
Our Emmanuel

VERSE 2
Alleluia, Alleluia
Child of light and greatness come
Cleansing us from worldly sorrows
Come Lord Jesus Come

CHORUS
Come, Oh little baby come
Come, Our precious Savior Come
We will sing your praise forever
Our Emmanuel (END: repeat “Our Emmanuel”)

Repeat Verse 1
Verse 1 + Chorus (2x)

Two Songs at Good Times Studio MySpace!

You can listen to two full songs from the Our Emmanuel Christmas album! Just head on over to the newly remodeled Good Times Studio MySpace page. You can pre-order the album online at that page or right here. Remember, they make dandy Christmas gifts and ALL the proceeds go to a great charity, IJM.

Scroll down and click "Buy Now" to order...
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Chris Tomlin Concert

Abby had a blast at her first "rock n' roll" concert. At first she was mesmerized by the lights and volume...by the third song, she was dancing and singing! Half of Elmo was at the show. It was fun to hang with friends...here we are with Jaime, Jill, Elie and Dawn.



We had amazing seats. Turns out the third row of the County Bowl is about 10 yards from the stage and about 5 yards from a rack of bass thumping sub-woofers. From now on, Abby will expect all concerts to be viewed from the third row! It was a great time of worship. Abby's best comment was, "Daddy, this is WAY better than the music at church!"

Major props to Kjaere for watching Aaron for us even though she watches him every day! Here's a insanely cute picture of the buddy the next day....



More concert pix on my FLIKR page.

Halloween Rockin'

Abby and Aaron had a blast yesterday at school and at the "Light the Night" Halloween alternative. They had about 4 billion pieces of candy, plus games, music, bounce houses, etc. Abby REALLY got into the live music. You can see her rockin' out in the video below!



Aaron was a tiger, aka "Rajah", Jasmine's sidekick.


Abby was a bumblebee at school.


Light the Night even provided make-up for Jasmine!


Need more? See more pictures RIGHT HERE on my FLIKR page.