Christmas Eve Celebration

After dinner Santa watch officially began.  Can you see rudolph's nose?

 Then we were off to do our last night of the twelve days of Christmas.  We do this every year with our best friends the Robinsons.  We take the money that we would normally use to buy gifts for each other and use it to try to brighten someone else's Christmas.  Every night we deliver a nativity piece and a treat.  We hope that the memories we make doing this together will last much longer than the gifts that might otherwise be purchased.

Papa decided to have a little cat nap while we were gone.

LUKE 2

Next onto my favorite part of the evening. . . acting out the story of the Savior's birth.

 First choose a character and costume

Logan - "Cowboy Shepherd"

Lexi - Angel

Lydia - Shepherd

 Jesse: Photographer GG: Narrator Me: Wise Woman (its a stretch I know but you have to work with what you got)

Papa: Joseph Nana: Mary
And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the manger

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night

Aunt Cortney:
And lo, the angel(s) of the Lord came upon them . . .

And they came with haste . . . 

And you know the rest of the story

Lydia & Lexi both played some Christmas carols

The first gift . . . Christmas Pajamas

We thought the kids were winding down for the night, but after a wardrobe change from cowboy shepherd to cowboy santa the show really started

One more check on Santa's progress

Then off to bed

And to all a good night