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| Circling around the "White Elephant Gift Exchange." This year's theme: Camping. |
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| The children opened each gift(taking turns youngest to olderst) and with the help of an adult decided if they wanted to keep it or exchange it. |
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| Grace waited her turn to open the cast iron griddle for a camp stove. Her family will put that to good use this summer. |
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| Next on the agenda: read scriptures wearing Nativity scene costumes. Isla didn't like the idea. She wanted to be Mary without wearing the costume. She is adorable even in tears. |
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| Autumn orchestrated the scriptures and songs. Ava is using her Dad's cell phone to sing along (reading the lyrics-modern technology...Toooo FUN) |
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| Ava(1st grade) and Kaela (2nd grade) read from Luke |
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| Joseph and Mary (A.K.A. Gabriel soon to be 5yrs and Grac 3 1/2 years old). |
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| Grace kept encouraging Gabriel to kiss baby Jesus. |
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| Ava wanted to hold Baby Jesus. Damon is in the background using his cell phone to take pictures. |
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| After the nativity reading, we opened gifts. The grandchildren received pajamas(homemade by me) and a book. It was great fun. |
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| Needless to say,I was relieved that all the pajamas fit. I am a blessed mother and grandmother. Their smiles tell the story....love, peace, and happiness! |
