A number of years ago, my mom had this super cute idea of making costumes for all her grandkids so they could get together and act out the Christmas story. That first year yielded one photoshopped picture that kind of sort of had all the kids looking in the general direction of the camera. It was adorable.
Three Christmases later, the tradition still holds.
So each year, about this time, we schedule a gathering where all the grandkids get to dress up in costumes and look super cute while all of the adults get to stand around shouting and making silly faces at their kids so they'll look at the camera. It's adorable. And it's tradition (including the shouting and making of silly faces). Last year, I tossed my camera in favor of the Flip video and put together a short little video of the entire process which I shared HERE on this blog.
This year, we got serious. Since this will be the last year for at least two years that we will have a full "cast" for our nativity, we wanted to make this one count. Kyle and Vanessa will be moving to Kenya in two weeks to do medical missions for the next two years. Their three boys won't be here to act out the story with us for the next few years. It won't be the same. We wanted to document this event well so we invited Sarah to come over and take some real photos. These are a some of the results...
The Nativity 2009
Micah, Hudson and Ezra as the three wise men
Caleb as the most adorable shepherd I've ever seen
Jonah as a toothless Joseph
Anna as Mary and Isaac as baby Jesus
Jude (the cow) and Caleb (the Shepherd)
Angel Abigail
Angel Hannah
One more photo of those cute wise men
The Adults
The Grandkids (all 10) with Grammy and Papa.
The entire group
Thank you, Mom, for organizing this every year and being so creative. You inspire me. And thank you Mom and Dad, for making all our family times together at your house so very special.
2 comments:
That brings tears to my eyes. What a beautiful family.
She totally inspires me too. Please pass that message along. :-)
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