Saturday morning we did a little shopping...then we went up to Gardner Villiage and bought our kids there Christmas ornament this year. We started this tradition last year. Each year they get an ornament that represents something about each one of them. This year was Braydens first year in scouts...so they actually had an ornament of a boy dressed up in a scout uniform...perfect. This has been the year that Chad has been into the cartoon Tom & Jerry. He would watch it 24/7 if I would let him. So, Hallmark happened to have a Tom & Jerry ornament...perfect.
MaKayla learned to to a lot this past year, crawl, walk, talk. But I couldn't find an ornament that represented any of that. I did find her an ornament that has a little girl her age, kneeling & praying holding her blankee. So, since Kayla did learn to pray this year, I thought this ornament would be perfect for her.
We did a little more shopping and then that night we went to a live Nativity in Alpine. It was amazing! Both boys came back and said it was awesome! We parked at a church and they picked us up and took us on a hay ride up to a field. We were met by a shephard who explained a little to us. Then we were to follow the lights up the hill and entered in to a huge barn.......
There was a camel to pet and sheep to see....
Then it was as if we were traveling in the city of Bethlehem, and we passed by each one of them. They were each doing different things...making clay pots, baking bread, weaving baskets etc.......
They had goats to pet, and we got to see Joseph and Mary's Donkey
We left that barn and followed the lights to the heated barn. Above this barn is a light (I know it's hard to see) but they had trumpets and other musical instruments playing Christmas music. They even had a real baby.
After you left that barn they had free hot chocolate and heaters we could all stand around to keep warm while drinking the hot chocolate. They even had a roman soilder trotting around on his horse.
The picture at the end is of Kayla right before the hayride back to our car...as you can see she was really scared!
This was a night that will always be remembered. I love this time of year.
On Sunday the kids decorated a ginger bread house...Kayla kept sneaking candy from the boys and eating it as fast as she could. (No picture, my bad).
10 comments:
Where did you hear about the Nativity? Are they still doing it? I'd love to take my kids there.
And I love your idea about the ornament. Maybe we should start that tradition in our family!
That sounds so great!! What a cool experience....
Ranae you guys do such fun things! Are they still doing that?
Looks like you had so much fun! Traditions are the best and I love your idea about the ornament. And the live Nativity looked so neat, wow such fun ideas for you and your kids to do together to make the season special!
I am pretty sure they are not doing it any more. If you look up live nativities in Utah you might be able to find another one. I think Provo will be doing one soon.
Looks fun,but cold! We are still having weather in the upper 78+ degress.
We have been doing that same tradion with the kids to pick-out their own oreament.Now I have their own tree too. (too many).Plus it is fun too look back on it!
What an awesome experience! It's always nice to divert from Santa a little bit so they can understand the true meaning of Christmas. I would have loved to take Addy! We are soooooooooooooo excited to see you guys...only 3 more days!
that sounds so much fun! I love Christmas and all the fun activities asociated with it!
I also wanted to tell you that I LOVE your pictures! they are very nice!
Cute...Idaho doesnt have any cool traditions or fun things to do with the kids this time of year...it is such a bummer. They have one tiny street that is called candy cane lane where all of the houses are supposed to decorate, but only about one in three actually does. Its sad... :)
that looked like so much fun! I would have loved to take my family to something like that!
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