And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse
Because we were all at the cemetery!
After my mom passed away we wanted to come up ways to remember her that were fun and that the kids would enjoy. One of the things we decided to do was to decorate her grave a few times a year. We were a little late with our holiday decorations this year, but on Christmas Eve we finally made it to the cemetery. We decorated the tree near her grave with red jewels and silver snowflakes and we put poinsettias on her headstone. Mom always loved Christmas, decorations and the color red, so it was a good combination!
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| Alyssa holds Lavender beneath the decorated tree. |
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| Rudolph |
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| My girls |
Cammi liked being Rudolph, but Lavender wasn't so sure about it. We had fun singing Christmas carols, but certain people got embarrassed during "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," especially when someone drove up to visit a nearby grave. It may have been slightly inappropriate, but my mom always thought it was a funny song!
We headed back home and Ryan and Molly join us for our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of pizza, salad and vintage soda. Then the kids acted out the nativity story while Emma read from the second chapter of Luke.
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| Some motley wisemen and shepherds and a complaining baby Jesus. |
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| Our knitting narrator |
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| A reluctant angel |
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| Mary, great with child (or something!) |
Evan shared a great video he saw in his seminary class and then we watched a couple of other short Christmas videos. Finally, the kids got to open one present. Amazingly, they all got Christmas pajamas!
Ready for Christmas! Bring it on!
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