Christmas Nativity

Our Stake does something they call "The Nativity" every year during the first two weeks of December. Each ward donates Nativity sets to put on display. They usually get close to a thousand of them and they display them on tables in the cultural hall for the community to come and see. They also have church videos playing on projectors. They open the chapel for musical performances. Many of the families from Branson come and perform each evening on the weekends. They have had the SIX Brothers, Brett family, Duttons, and Hughs and more perform. They also have had other local choirs including a tri-stake nativity choir that I joined and have been practicing with for several weeks. It was fun to be a part of a choir again! Usually I am playing the piano. Anyway, the main objective is to use this as a missionary tool. They also have a live nativity outside with live animals and people. It's a pretty neat thing. Since I was in the choir, we have been to it several times. The kids don't get tired of the experience though. Katelyn loves Nativity sets and Brayden loves looking at the animals. Daddy got some great pictures of them while our choir was warming up to perform.





This one cracks me up!



Looks like they are practicing for "Baby Nathan" to come!



I love this one. Katelyn loves the baby Jesus. She has broken so many of my nativity sets that I got tired of super gluing them back together. I finally got her a set that she could play with as much as she wants to. Everywhere she goes though, she just has to hold the baby Jesus! It is so sweet!



The Choir...



Some of the Nativity sets...