Early Christmas With The Family

We had my parents up for the weekend, to have our Christmas together. Mom and Dad arrived at school on Friday, and spent a couple hours hanging out with me. Paullette (our office manager), wrote "Mom" and "Dad" on their name tags, and I thought that was so cute. My parents got to see the all school movie as well..."Frozen!" All the kids were singing along (and of course Samantha was right there too). It was a lot of fun, and it was nice for my parents to be at the school. At home, we had lots of food, wine, sweets, opened presents, Jeff made snow...BUT my favorite part of the weekend, was getting to play the piano, while my Mom played her guitar, and Dad sang. All the years I've played the piano, I have never played along with anybody else, which means, this was also the first time, Mom and I got to play together. It was so amazing! Brought chills and goosebumps, and the music being played together, became a beautiful memory. We played "What Child Is This" and "O Come O Come Emmanuel." Piano and guitar just go together perfectly, and then Dad harmonizing with us playing.  I treasured that time with my Mom and Dad. The kids enjoyed their grandparents, and got spoiled too. It was a relaxing, early Christmas weekend.