We love the holidays and the activities and excitement that come with them. I tried to make it a priority this year to teach the kids the true meaning of Christmas and to teach them how Christ would want us to serve others. We decided to go and visit two widows in our ward. The kids were all a nervous at first but soon could see how important it was to serve these women in our ward. We really enjoyed visiting with them and giving them our gifts of chicken noodle soup and cozy pairs of socks.
 |
| I just had to get a picture of Kennady and the cute little nativity scene that she had set up. |
 |
| We went with some of our friends to a live nativity scene in Fairview. We all started out gathered around a fire and then headed over to the manger scene with stops along the way while they retold the Christmas story. It was so cold(-9 degrees) so ironically, the boys ended up heading back before they got to the manger scene and us girls toughed it out with the Madsens. Thankfully there was hot chocolate to warm us up a little bit at the end. |
 |
| Tyler and his friends(Caleb and Owen) lighting their candles |
 |
| Jeff and Jordan bundle up by the fire |
 |
| Jake hooked a sled up to the 4 wheeler so I could pull the kids around the neighborhood. They had a blast!! |
 |
| Decorating (and eating) Santa's cookies on Christmas Eve |
 |
| Ready to go to bed in their new Christmas jammies |
 |
| Cookies, a glass of milk, 9 carrots, a note for Santa and some very excited kids. Thankfully they went right to sleep and didn't wake up until 6:00 on Christmas morning. |
No comments:
Post a Comment