Jordan has come a long way since his first Christmas program at church.  When he was a preschooler, I led his class out to the stage to sing, but when I turned around he was gone.  At first, I couldn't figure out where he went.  Then I noticed a wave of heads in the congregation looking down towards the floor.  Jordan crawled under the seats all the way from the front of the sanctuary to the back.  Six years later, he's owning the stage.

Tonight Jordan played part of the clean-up crew in a muscial.  They were three boys who rocked out to their air guitar brooms and mop microphones.  Jordan had a feather duster drum solo.  For a grand finale, the boys were to take a knee.  Jordan kneeled then lept up into the air (in a move I'm guessing he learned from guitar hero) and recieved thunderous applause.  Who is this kid?

My daughters also made me proud onstage.  Caitlin was such a little lady when singing "Away in a Manger", not to mention the way she gave her lines perfectly.  And though we woke up to the sound of Lauren vomiting this morning (too much candy at last night's Christmas party) she still donned a halo and took her position in the manger scene.

To cap off the evening, we returned home (it was still standing despite Dan's attempt to burn it down by leaving water boiling on the stove for hot cocoa) to watch the whole thing again on our new HDTV--Dan's Christmas present to himself.  And if that wasn't enough, we also used the Wii to look at all the pictures I'd taken during the musical.  The Wii has a neat little gadget you can use to draw on top of photos.  Dan gave Caitlin a booger hanging out of her nose, Lauren got glasses, and Jordan grew some angry eyebrows.  This might not be a tradition we continue, but it's one I'm sure they will remember for a long time.

For more pictures, click here.  Here's wishing many memorable moments to you all during the holidays.