I'm FINALLY getting around to downloading pictures onto the computer....where has the month of January gone? It's been good, but time is flying.
We had a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing Christmas break. I realized, for the first time in 7 years, Shawn wasn't stressed with writing a Master's or Doctorate paper. He had a true break, and we enjoyed it so much! We had a lot of fun with the kids at home and loved spending the quality time together.
Ready for the picture overload? The girls and I made sugar cookies to decorate and leave out for Santa. We had a great Christmas Eve, we made our "authentic to us" Cafe Rio and had the missionaries over for dinner.
Little Joseph for the Nativity play
Our little Shepherd Girl
Baa....says the sheep
Oh...now she's the angel
Elder Reid helping Joseph get his costume back on.
Mary with baby Jesus
Here's the crew. We read part of Samuel the Lamanite, Luke 2 and sang songs in between.
Samuel the Lamanite preaching to the Nephites about the coming of Christ.
Assisting Joseph and Mary (by pushing the donkey aka cooler) riding into Bethlehem
The girls prepared the cradle and cut out straw for the manger.
The shepherd and sheep coming to see the baby Jesus
The three wise men.
Presenting their gifts to baby Jesus. (which were later opened - Christmas Jammies!)
Decorating cookies after dinner with the missionaries.
Caleb and his cookie.
It was a fun night. We have loved having the missionaries in our home every Christmas Eve. Since we don't live near family, and neither do they - it's become our little tradition that we've done every year since we've moved away. We are always so grateful for the example of our Savior and Brother, Jesus Christ. For the miracle of his birth and his life. We try always to remember to be more like Him, to give service, and love as he would love. It's especially easier to do around the Christmas holiday and I'm thankful for the traditions I had growing up of acting out and reading the nativity and singing Hymns to help us remember the story of our Savior's birth. We hope each of our family and friends had a wonderful Christmas Season and will continue to remember the Savior each and every day.
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