Twas the Night Before Christmas...

My Mom's house was bustling with activity! Ate yummy food and then hurried on to start the Christmas Program. House was full of loved ones, made it quite cozy!

Look at that sweet face, Rossi played Joseph!

"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn..." Luke 2:7-16 "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night."
"And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them...And the angel said unto them...Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger...the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go and see this thing which is come to pass...and they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger."

And the Wisemen came and brought Him gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

The program was beautiful and very touching, the little kids (especially Sierra) love doing it and more importantly it helps us remember and focus our thoughts on our Savior's birth.

Then, Sierra told the story of the Christmas Orange and

she wrote a song and we all sang it...the song was so cute, I wish I had it on video!

We hurried home and the kids got their traditional Christmas Eve present, jammies! Yahoo!
Hurried some more, put out Santa's cookies and milk.

Put out his Christmas letter...
and his present. (Sierra made him a reindeer out of clay and painted it brown with a red nose!:))
Sprinkled the reindeer food out on the lawn so Rudolph could find our house quickly and THEN the children were nestled all snug in their sleeping bags! :)

Merry Christmas!