Christmas Eve 2012

This year we were able to spend with my side of the family.  As per tradition, we went out……this year, it was to Los Hermanos.Unfortunately we’ve had some of the family down with a bug that gives you a high fever, sore throat and a cough.  Kenna’s family was hit with it, so we were able to see the WHOLE family briefly at dinner.  Melissa was the one who was down this year on Christmas Eve, so she was able to come to Los Hermanos, but Brad took her home for the rest of the evening’s festivities (which were being held at my Mom and Dad’s house).  Gee is still really fragile from her heart procedure, so everyone is being extra cautious. 

When we got back to my parents’ house, we had all the kids dress up to reenact the Nativity story.  Kelly has a wide variety wardrobe that spans everything from shepherd to angel that she shares with us.  I laughed so hard at the livestock the shepherd boys had (Lincoln and Scott……I think Scott’s was a dog hand puppet)! This picture I have of Jared and Mason, I love!  Jared was a wiseman and Mason was another shepherd.  I love that in every picture I take of the boys, when I tell them to say, “cheese,” Mason puts both his hands up and reaches for me and yells, “cheese.”  You can see his little arm protruding out of his robe, with his pose.  My mom has this cute little 20 minute script she uses each Christmas Eve, where we take turns reading parts of the story and then sing songs in between, while the kids walk out in full garb, pretending to be at the birth of the Savior.  After we were able to do that, we made homemade donuts for everyone to snack on while the kids decorated a cookie for Santa.  It was a fun night and we left with the kids on a total sugar high!  They were so anxious to get home to get ready for Santa to come!  It was very cute :)  ( See other post on their letters for Santa )