Kent, Mariam and co.

We have had lots of Holiday fun lately.  We put up our Christmas tree and decorated the house.  Well, we decorated the living-room.   We had lots of fun at our ward Christmas party.  The kids put on a little nativity.  It went surprisingly well. Here are D and K dress up like a shepherd and an angel.    K got lots of attention while on stage, not because she was so talented or cute, but because she had her finger up her nose most of the time.  I was very proud.  When I went to tell Kent, he told me the boy had his finger up his nose too.  We are awesome parents.   K looked so sweet eating her Christmas cookie.  but...... Things were messier than we expected.  I couldn't believe the mess she made with a little bit of frosting.  At least she is cute.   We have done many more things, but I'll have to blog that another time.  

I love the funny things kids say, and K is at that perfect age to say all kinds of funny things.  Here are a few from the past week.  She has been really into the Holy Ghost this week, and honestly we don't know why.  Anyway, she draws pictures of him all the time and "the Holy Ghost" is her answer to every question.  The other day we asked her what the Holy Ghost does her reply, "He makes me safe and warm, he makes me happy, and sometimes he eats my food"  I know the Holy Ghost has lots of jobs, but I never knew he finished dinner for people.   We decorated for Christmas the other night, and K was totally into it.  She loved decorating the tree, and helping set up the nativities.  My favorite is a beautiful set made by Fontanini.  It is a hand painted and antiqued plastic set (best of both worlds, beautiful and childproof).  As she unpacked baby Jesus and the manger, she was really excited.  She took baby Jesus out, cradled him in her hands, and sweetly sang to...