Nativities

I love Christmas. One of my favorite parts is the family nativity. From the time I was a little girl, we have acted out the nativity. It was fun when we were little, but by the time I was 30 and still playing the virgin Mary, it was getting a little old. 

Now we have a new generation and the nativity is so much fun again. Plus the costumes have really improved. We just used bathrobes and towels on the head when I was little, but my sisters in law have made costumes that are great. Baylie was the Baby Jesus this year. (Check out the photo above. She is almost as big as Joseph and Mary.) I guess that's okay since one year my little brother Scott played Mary (I think he was three years old at the time.)

David is always the donkey and the kids love riding him. We also had a bunny this year.

Although it looks like we had an Arab, she was actually the angel (not sure why the angel is riding the donkey). And the little boy in the black robe informed us "I'm the we three kings."

There's nothing better than being around family for the holidays. We missed my sister Tiffani and her kids, but they'll be doing a neighborhood nativity and then joining us later. 

I have to throw in this bonus picture of Baylie at our journey to Bethlehem church party. She's so dang cute!