3.10.2012

Christmas Village and Christmas Eve

Ogden has a really cute Christmas Village with beautiful displays of tiny houses/buildings and lots of lights that you can walk around and look at while sipping hot chocolate...  My dad came with us to check it out, but it was SO DANG COLD we didn't stay long...  Here's a link to more pics and info about it:  Ogden's Christmas Village 


I am so in love with Drew's sweet squinty-eyed smile...

Joshy was mad for some reason... I can't remember why now!

I got Brad in a picture!  YAY! 

The boys were so patient while I snapped a few pics... using no flash and adjusting manual settings with difficult lighting required much patience!  This was the best one I got...

On Christmas Eve, my brother John and my sister Heather and their families came up to my parents' house.  It was fun to see Aleks and Brooklyn together... baby cousins!  Here they are with Aunt Sonya...

Their first Christmas!


All the grandkids dressed up and put on the Nativity for us while my dad read from the scriptures...

Emma led the opening song for us...

Cameron as Joseph, Aleks as baby Jesus, Hannah as Mary

Drew as a donkey and Brynna as a sheep

Isn't he the sweetest, fattest baby Jesus you've ever seen???

Joshy and Jakob as Wise Men bearing gifts

Heather was helping Brooklyn be the Angel... :)  And Emma as a shepherd just keepin' it real!

Chubby baby Aleks and his loving Papa Marc

We really enjoyed spending time with the Mortensen side of the family...but that night, after the Nativity story was finished, we packed up and headed down to Lehi to spend time with the Hansons...  Stay tuned for pics from Christmas morning/day!  (It's totally normal to blog about Christmas in March, right?)


2 comments:

Kristie K. said...

The CUTEST and chubbies baby Jesus I have ever seen. I love that boy!

Melissa said...

That village is so cute! We used to do the nativity with our cousins when they lived closer. I miss those days. I always thought we'd be able to do it, but you just never know what the future holds, and everyone moved away. :(