Christmas Eve

 This year we got to see Grammy and Grandpa Jamie at Christmas, since Grammy came to help with little Susan! This was Christmas Eve, during the traditional ChristmasStory watching event.

This was the best.  Singing each person's favorite Christmas song/hymn with the lights off. 

Grammy was still in Logan that morning, so just Grandpa Jamie went to church with us....and stayed after we left to keep talking to people LOL!  I love this family pic o the steps with the wreath :)

Cutie Christmas pajama picture!

Most successful Christmas pajamas yet, because Eric agreed to get some too!!! And, Whitney wanted hers cut off into shorts, so I used that fabric to put a pocket in Owen and Eric's pants. good times.

It was super fun to act out the Nativity with Grammy and Grandpa Jamie for the first time in many years!  And Jonathan too. 

Here's the story in random order.  Owen, Eric and Emma the wise men, bowing and losing Emma's hat! haha and giving their gifts.

Wise men arriving at Maris and Grandpa Jamie's stable, and wise men travelling far.

Wise men talking to Herod- we had a full cast of characters this time around!

Wise men selfie LOL, and shepherds visiting the stable. Also notice the donkey sleeping peacefully hehe!

Me and Grammy were the shepherds! Katelyn was a Narrator/angel, 

And Whitney was a powerful angel!

Mary and Joseph getting rejected by innkeeper Katelyn, and getting settled in the stable.

Yay they are married!  And riding on the donkey haha!

Angel appearing to Joseph, and Mary. It was a super fun rendition of the Nativity!  So lively and special.

Plus I neglected to include in the gingerbread post, the backside of Emma's house!  AND a picture Eric took with me in it!  Possibly the first gingerbread house picture with me in it since I became a mom haha.

Oh and I forgot, one of the great things about this Christmas Eve was that I got the youth to sing in church.  The YM and YW!  I taught them Joy Unto the World and it went well and was beautiful!