Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we always read and act out the Christmas story.

Brayden is the shepherd.

I was Mary (with the baby really under my shirt).

Spencer is Joseph, and he insisted that he ride the donkey and hold baby Jesus.

Kayla is the Angel

Allen was the wise man and the narrator

Every year we all have a cup of egg nog, and in one of the cups, there is a ring. Whoever gets the ring is the king or queen of Christmas. That person gets to open their one Christmas Eve present first and gets to dress up and take a picture.

Brayden got the ring last year, and Kayla was clearly disappointed. (I deleted the picture on accident and don't know how to add it anywhere but at the top. Brayden was holding the ring and smiling and Kayla had a frown so big it looked like it was drawn on.) So Allen said, "Kayla, what's that" to divert her attention and then dropped the ring into her cup. We probably should have rigged it so that Kayla got the ring, but instead we had both a king and a queen this year.

Brayden

Kayla

King Brayden and Queen Kayla

Spencer actually didn't pay any attention to the whole king/queen thing and opened his present first - he got a battery operated train from Grandpa Jim and Mary. Thanks! Kayla and Brayden both opened their lego boxes from Grandma Diane. Thanks!