hark the hearld angels. and shepherds.

sing.

the littles. so excited. christmas eve.

they love going to church on christmas eve. the story of the baby jesus. live animals. angels. and shepherds. kings. and babies. singing. candles. stars.

5 years ago. little one was actually the baby jesus. i was mary. and daddy was joseph. you see. in our church. the youngest baby is chosen to be the baby jesus in the christmas eve service. and she was it.

the sheep didn't cooperate that year as well as they did this year. but the kids this years were crazy. all of them. there was chaos. and wonder and oohs and aahs. just like in the movies. it was such fun.

she was an angel. with a black eye. he was shepherd. with a mean left arm.



and then. later. after presents and dinner at gram and gramps. they left cookies.




that santa loves. perhaps he will show up tonight.