The Concert of the Year...

The highlight of our weekend was actually on Friday afternoon. It was the last time that our family would have anyone singing in the Plat Christmas Concert. As a second grader, Anna will be moving on to a bigger school next year for third grade. Because we have attended that concert for 13 years, we thought it was appropriate to go "all out" and win the raffle that gave us a reserved parking space and 4 cushy seats in the front row, for the concert. Let me tell you that the tickets didn't come cheap; we stood and had to outbid grandparents that wanted to have those precious seats!

So, we drove up to the school, 5 minutes before the concert started and they had our reserved spot ready for us.....
We tromped past the many (standing room only) parents and grandparents who didn't know to arrive an least an hour before the concert to get a decent seat. Finally, we found our seats.....right in the front row.....and these weren't your normal folding chairs--- these were cushy chairs.....and we received a yummy plate of candy too!! (photo taken just after the concert)
My friend Ann came with us (Luke too) and she got a shot of us sitting in our seats.....
Let me tell you that it was worth every penny to be in the front row....I brought all kinds of technology from regular video camera to the "flip" video camera to my big ol' camera with the zoooooooom lens. All of this hoopla, just to see this little girl sing.......
Lots of emotion as we cheered on all of the great singers, singing melodies of the season.....I even thought I saw the guy next to me tear up a little bit...