McAlister Matters

  Merry Christmas everyone! The kids were very excited for Christmas Sunday. Paul even said thank you in his prayers last night that there was 14 and a half hours until the Christmas program. Kahlan was especially excited to sing in the choir and do a solo singing Star Bright. She did a great job! Paul had his own class program on Friday. He did a good job as the Mexican child. They sang songs from around the world. Rockin Around Christmas 2024 Sarah and I worked for several evenings together with the kids on another 'Christmas jam'. We had Kahlan and Juniper sing some solos and I got to work in a blues part. Hope you enjoy it! Click for pics! Bonus Video!

  The day before we left for California for Thanksgiving week Sarah took the van to the car wash. The attendant there mentioned that the radiator was making a bubbling sound so she took it to a shop. We needed to get the whole water pump replaced so we had to delay our drive out by a day. It was kind of a bummer to lose a day but since being stuck on the road somewhere was a real possibility we considered it a tender mercy. We had to take the southern route since I-80 was closed over the Sierras. We missed McAlister Fest because the drive took 15 hours to drive there but traffic was not bad and the weather was clear. We did make it to Milo's birthday celebration on Sunday. There were a couple pinatas! We went to Berkeley one day and enjoyed some delicious Cheeseboard pizza. We took the kids to a small farm and went for a hike. It was nice to see everyone this time. We had dinner at Julie's. We spent Thanksgiving at Mimi's house and had lots of wonderful food. Sarah and I ma...