Christmas Eve

This year was Belize's first Christmas where she semi-realized what was going on. She had a lot of fun running around with her cousins and chasing Dutchess (the Hawkin's pomeranian) although it was terrified of her (with good reason). And as if she isn't already the star of the show in our eyes, she tore off her lamby ears (she was originally a sheep), pushed baby Jesus aside and climbed into the cradle. Maybe she didn't want to worship him from afar. Or maybe she remembered her prior role as baby Jesus from last year and wanted a piece of the action. In any case it was fun to watch her enjoying everyone and we had a very merry Christmas eve. The other thing we tried this year was to have our own Gregg FHE (family home evening) after the big Christmas party. It was nice to have an hour or so to sing hymns and pray. Kyle gave a very thoughtful lesson about focusing on Jesus Christ's birth and what it meant to the world and to each of us. We also wrote down our gift to Him this year and we will read them again next year to see how we did. I think we will make this a new family tradition.














Cousin Marie and Aunt Richelle















Belize's Christmas talent was shaking bells to "Jingle Bells." Super cute!





























Belize and her 9 month old cousin, Madilyn.