Beaumont City Annual Light Parade and Sing a Long

David Castaldo's fire truck decorated.

Beaumont High School marching band.

Isabella & Haley in front of David's truck

Isabella & Haley and the animals.

Income Tax light display.

Another vintage fire truck lit up.

One more vintage fire truck lit up.

Our city Civic Center lit up.

Haley decorating a gingerbread cookie.

Haley eating a cookie.

In David's fire truck.

Haley dancing around Beaumont Veteran's display.

Directing the Sing a Long

Still directing.

Silent Night with the children in front.

I was asked to direct a Sing a Long as part of a Christmas party after our city's annual Christmas Light Parade.  My two boys were sick so Parley stayed home with them and I took our girls with me.  We went into the Civic Center and got some hot chocolate then tried to find the contact person, Bruce Murrill to figure out where I was leading the Sing A Long, he was still helping the parade go along.  We decided to wait outside and I watched the parade and took pictures of each of the different entrants, some of them were vintage firetrucks decked out in lights including our very own David Castaldo's truck which he used to also transport our mayor and wife.  It was cool to see the different lights.  I finally found out I would be standing on top of David's fire truck directing.  After that we waited, we wouldn't start the singing until 7:45 p.m.  Haley decorated a gingerbread man.  Isabella and Haley also ran around with Luke and Lance Goodman and checked out the donkey goat and pony on display next to the large nativity.  It was time to sing and I had a program of five songs to lead, our Beaumont Ward Missionaries, my girls, and the Goodman boys stood on the fire truck with me.  Thankfully Bruce gave me a microphone to use thankfully so that was a huge relief, I didn't have to scream to be heard.  We sang and then I was approached by a few friends from church telling me they didn't know I could sing so well and also to tell me I did a good job.  After that we headed home, I was cold and so were my girls.  Thank you Homer Spears for asking me to direct the Sing a Long, it was fun experience.  I really am grateful to have lived in Beaumont for these past seven years, we live in a wonderful community.