Snow people are awesome!

I love to paint Christmas! I have some great nativity sets I plan to paint. But right now I want to show you my snowman!

And here are two of his little friends......

The big guy is a combination of wood and fabric. See the little snow baby in his overall pocket?!!!!

I have to share......Mark was in his high school drama class play. They did "Charlie Brown Christmas." The kids all did really good. Mark was Linus!!!! He did awesome. And his friend, Trent, was the Crooked Elf in another skit. Excellent!

This is a picture of Mark in a little skit about returning gifts. Seems this gift was way too big.

This is the Crooked Elf and his band as they perform.

The Crooked Elf and a couple of the other acts that performed.

Charlie Brown and Linus (Mark Elliott Melton)

Charlie and Linus

Charlie and Lucy

Charlie and Linus and tree...

OK, I am a proud mom. Way to go, Mark!

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