Pre-Christmas Pictures

Before I share photos from our wonderful Christmas day, I didn't want to pass up on all the fun we had from December 1-24. This has been a fun month with decorating the house, attending Philip's first Upward basketball practice (he's on the 4-6 year old team and will begin games in January), celebrating with Aunt Andrea, Uncle Mike and Holden at my parents' house, watching the kids being their silly selves, and our annual visit to A Return to Bethlehem. We definitely want to keep Jesus' birth as the focus of our month so we've gone for three years to a drive-thru live nativity which includes a dozen "scenes" winding through Bethlehem leading up to Jesus being born in the stable. Live animals are brought in from a near-by zoo but I can never seem to get a decent photo of the camel! This year we stopped by Krispy Kreme for doughnuts afterward. A fun night!