Monday, December 15, 2008

Gary the Green-nosed reindeer

Last Christmas Auntie M gave us a Christmas CD featuring the hit track 'Gary the Green-nosed reindeer'. We never listened to it last year because it was past Christmas, but it sure has made its presence known this year. Who knew that rap could bring in such a wonderful Christmas spirit.
This is N forcing himself into the picture (you may notice a trend after a while). This is B's Lightning McQueen racebox. And yes, you can spend hour after hour in here spinning the paper plate, er steering wheel.

So there is a little tag on the back of this stroller cautioning the world that "This is a toy. This is not meant for real little people" (or something similar). Did that stop the adventurous kids from pushing little Miss B around in it? No. Did it stop the parents from letting them do this? No.
A was a little anxious to get in the tub. Just couldn't wait.
kids in costume for the 'Night in Bethlehem' ward Christmas party. N is too cool to smile. But A thinks this is splendid. It's like being Bo Peep all over again.

Us in the manger.Mary and Joseph. We were asked to do this by virtue of being the couple with the youngest child. Little Miss B was great, though this was probably the only time she was in the manger. That seems about right though. New mom and dad Mary and Joseph didn't just welcome the Savior of the World into their family and then let him sit there, right? Maybe if he was their fourth child... Speaking of real life manger scenes, M figured that Mary would have been pretty tuckered out after the donkey ride and labor, she wanted to hand Little Miss B to me while she slept on the rock/beanbag. Alas, it never came to fruition. The party was wonderful. It was a lot of work lashing the shops together with the young men leaders (and 1 deacon), but worth it when we ripped it down in 5 minutes flat. During the presentation we had a chance to go through and were impressed by the strong spirit.

3 comments:

Alison said...

Such fun pictures! We miss your family! Our ward in "A Night in Bethlehem" too, but your costumes were way cooler than ours. Doug has our only bath robe, so he convinced me to wear his graduation robe as my robe. Yeah, not many people were fooled by it. They knew what it was & told me they were waiting for me to judge them (since it was a black robe!)

valerie said...

Hi guys!! Got your Christmas card yesterday and can't believe how your family has grown!!! It was so fun to hear from you. Send me your e-mail and I will invite you to our blog...
valeriecottle@yahoo.com.

jon and lori said...

It was good to get your Christmas card and see all is going well for you guys. Noah and Boyd have sure grown since the days we enjoyed sitting behind you in church. I think they were about the only reason Lori ever got to church.