This morning I needed to get all the candy and extra stuff done and packed up so we could head down to Ames to see the Christmas concert at Iowa State. William is again singing in one of the choirs and it’s been a tradition for Daryl and I to spend these past years going to a Christmas concert of some sort around the Holidays. We first started out going to the Christmas concerts at our public school, but soon added Central College to the list when Kyle was in college. And now that William is in Iowa State we have the opportunity to go and listen to the choir and other choirs at his college. We really love the chance to spend a couple of hours listening to the kids sing. But this year, the weather wasn’t supposed to be so nice, and with all the candy and stuff I made I really was hoping that it wouldn’t be too bad and we could deliver it to him and his friends and go to the concert. OK, so I think I might have gone a little bit overboard with the food. But it’s the first candy of the season, and it’s always fun to get it made and delivered. And I’m pretty sure that they’ll eat it! Check out how much we were bringing down to college with us.
I hope they’re hungry!
All package up and ready to go
So we watched the weather and decided that it wasn’t going to be too bad and we were off. We were surprised though when we saw some cars in the ditch and another one spinning out behind us and landing in the median of the interstate highway. Weird. Daryl said it didn’t seem that bad, but it might have been the first really snow fall of the season and people get a little crazy driving. Not sure, but since we didn’t end up in the ditch all was good. We did make it in plenty of time to find our seats for the concert in the auditorium and it was definitely worth the trip. 
The kids sing so unbelievable that it almost sounds like your listening to musical instruments. I have to laugh when we’re sitting there watching it. We always try to find William and we think about 90% of the kids look like him. But all of a sudden you find him and you can then sit back and enjoy the rest of the program. I tried something different this time. I always see people taking pictures and video taping with their phones, so I gave it a chance at this concert. I even left my camera in the car. Who would have thought! But after taking a couple of pictures with my phone, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to know that phones Do Not take as good as pictures in a large auditorium as a camera. Lesson learned.
The choir William sings with – Statesmen Choir at Iowa State
The night ended with all the choirs getting together and singing some songs with the wind ensemble. And the one song that I liked the best had some of the kids in the aisles with bells surrounding the audience. Just beautiful.
All the choirs combined at the end of the concert
After the concert and delivery of the food to the dorms, off to a restaurant we all went to have a quick supper. Then dropping William back off at his dorm and we headed back home. What a great concert, and we wouldn’t have missed it for anything in the world.