Christmas cont...

My last post on here was about Christmas Eve and our plans for accomplishing Christmas dinner. I thought I would let you know, since I'm quite sure you were all wondering...the meal was wonderful. The roast didn't burn. It tasted great and we all loved it. Everyone did their part to make the meal fantastic and memorable. Sam made macaroni and cheese because Emily inherited my cooking skills...sorry Sam. Mackenna made the mashed potatoes. Destiny set the table. Loressa made deviled eggs (Where did that name come from?), Halton made the desserts. Bethany made rice. Hunter made green beans and John made the salad.  I couldn't have asked for anything more.  We had an unbelievable time that lasted all day and into the night. We gave gifts, played games, won prizes and even watched a movie. It was fun and joyful and I was so blessed by my husband and my children. I also wanted to assure everyone that, even though I'm not a cook, my husband accepts my lack of skill in this area with love and humor. For Christmas, he gave me an adorable pink apron to wear that said, "I kiss better than I cook."....I'm glad he recognizes my true talents ;)

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: Christmas eve...

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: Christmas eve...: "I'm excited about Christmas...This will be our first Christmas at home in a very long time. I'm looking forward to it, but at the same time,..."

Christmas eve...

I'm excited about Christmas...This will be our first Christmas at home in a very long time. I'm looking forward to it, but at the same time, I'm a little nervous. I haven't had all the responsibility to make Christmas special on my own shoulders for a long time. I've always been at someone's house who knows what they are doing-you know, they know how to cook and all. My kids all wanted to order out for Christmas dinner because they knew I would not thrive on being in the kitchen, therefore, they would not thrive on seeing me miserable, nor would anyone enjoy my stressed out craziness in trying to get it all done...They were trying to spare me, and by doing so, they would be sparing themselves... I actually believe I have a few good qualities, but cooking is definitely not one of them. No turkey this year...No dressing...(turkey dressing that is-we do plan on wearing clothing...hmmm...now wouldn't that be an interesting new tradition) We are planning on having roast for Christmas dinner because I can make that. It goes in a crock pot and it doesn't burn. It's going to be wonderful:)...Now to get busy with Christmas Eve...there is still so much to do. I hope it will be wonderful for all of you.

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: The Christmas Legacy

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: The Christmas Legacy: "I just finished my last post, but I have been wanting to finally talk about what this blog was originally going to be about in the first pla..."

The Christmas Legacy

I just finished my last post, but I have been wanting to finally talk about what this blog was originally going to be about in the first place-my scripts. Many years ago, I felt like God was calling me to become a writer. For most of those years, I felt the yearning in my heart to follow through with that calling, but I just didn't know how. I struggled with my failure to do what I felt like I was told to do. It was always on my mind, but I felt so inadequate and in many ways, I still do. I have taught youth and children's choirs for many, many years and I have always loved it. Quite a few years ago, as I searched for a youth musical to work on with my students, I was disappointed that I was never able to find a musical that went deep enough or one that fit the needs of my kids at church. As I struggled with what to do, a thought came to mind that I could probably put enough material together to have the kind of play that I wanted. I searched and search for skits and songs and, amazingly, it turned out ok. Over the next years, God began giving me ideas for what He wanted the next musicals to be about and, since that time, I have been writing the scripts for all of our youth and children's musicals. I hope to use this blog as a way to show what God is doing with the stories He has given me to write. Right now I am working on the musical for this coming spring. It's a work in progress, so I would appreciate your prayers.

Most recently, I had the opportunity to write a short skit for a women's brunch to go along with the topic of finding joy. I was excited to come up with a way to express the difference that Christ can make in living a fulfilling life. What I came up with was "The Christmas Legacy." It ended with a wonderful song by Matthew West called "The Story of Your Life." I'm going to put the video of the performance on youtube on the channel "pampeck9". It's about 10 minutes long, so I hope you'll watch until the end. Let me know what you think. I hope to begin to put video samples of some of the other things I have written, too. I'll let you know when I do.
  

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: Let me tell you about...Three birthdays and a Chri...

About Life4Him-skits, scripts and stories: Let me tell you about...Three birthdays and a Chri...: "Well, I haven't written on here for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about it. I have so many things that I want to wr..."

Let me tell you about...Three birthdays and a Christmas

Well, I haven't written on here for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about it. I have so many things that I want to write about because so much has happened since the last time that I wrote. I look forward to putting my thoughts into print. Sometimes my thoughts are probably better off not in print, but regardless of that fact...Let me tell you about...Three birthdays and a Christmas. As if the weeks before Christmas are not busy enough, the Lord chose to bless our family with three extra celebrations during this week in December. My daughter, Bethany, had her 17th birthday on December 13th, my son, Halton, will turn 19 on his birthday on December 17th, and my birthday is December 18th. We have a tradition that we started several years ago where we celebrate our birthdays with our family at midnight as soon as the birthday "day" begins. So, on Sunday night at midnight, we began the celebration for Bethany's birthday and we will do the same for Halton and me. We started doing our celebrating this way because I didn't want the busyness of the day itself to rob us of the chance to make the birthday girl or boy feel special.  I love our midnight birthday parties. No one has to take an important phone call, or be in class, or in a meeting. Everyone can be there and, because we are Pecoraro's, midnight is our best time of day! Since most of the world around us has stopped for the night, our focus can be completely on the one with the birthday. This week in December is probably busy for just about everybody, but I get to have my family together at midnight on three of these busy days. I love it. My sweet son-in-law even brings my oldest daughter, Emily, for the midnight celebrations. I couldn't ask for anything more... Oh, but I am going to get something more...Emily and Sam are expecting my first grandbaby and guess when she is due? Baby Violet is probably going to make her appearance sometime in December. I can't wait for another celebration when she is born. After we finish with all of our birthdays, we get the opportunity to celebrate an even more important birthday, the birthday of our Savior, Jesus Christ. As you can see, December is very important time of year for me and it brings me great joy. I hope you will all find great joy along with me as you celebrate during this special time of year.

Let me tell you about... a fun memory!

Last time I was on here, I told you about our trip. Well, actually I didn't tell you about the trip. I told you about getting ready for the trip. I thought I'd let you know that the rest of the trip was great. Friends and family are always wonderful to see. On our way down to Spring, Texas we stopped at the now famous (at least to us) Buccee's. I do believe Halton created the best coffee concoction I've ever had while we were there. Since we liked Buccee's so much on the way to Spring, we had to stop there on the way back. It's funny how exciting a restroom stop can be when it becomes a tradition. After we climbed over the extra suitcases, Christmas presents and Halton's guitar to get back into the van, we began the rest of our trip home. After we were all settled in, we had fun with something that has kind of become a new tradition, so....Let me tell you about... a fun memory. A few trips ago, I surprised the kids on a long, late night trip home from Christmas in Amarillo with glow sticks that I had picked up at the dollar store. At the time, we had just gotten the CD of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (who are amazing I might add).  We had a lot of fun using the glow sticks to "dance" to the beat of the music we were listening to. It was such a cool experience that I hope to make it a "new" tradition. It has created some very special memories for me. (I'm really big into making memories.)  This year we picked a lot of different music to "dance" to. I'm going to try to put a video of it on here. I hope when you see it, you'll have a little bit of fun along with us.