Academy Awards!

On Christmas Eve, we had a blast re-enacting the Christmas Story from the Bible! What a cast we put together, with Dianne as the narrator, Scott as the Innkeeper, Ashley, Mark and Hunter as Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus. Next we had Louise, Kadda and Aspen as the Three Wise (wo) Men and Ian and Cambell as the Shepherds abiding in the fields. Emily and Joel played Elizabeth and Zacchariah with Bo as the Littlest Angel. We started out in Luke and read until each person was mentioned. Then the characters stepped forward and introduced themselves and the part they played in the Savior's birth. Can I just tell you how many costumes you can make from bathrobes, tablecloths, scarves and precious jewels? (and rabbit fur-Louise's creation!) After that we sat down and read a story about a German boy and how the Christmas Spirit found him and taught him the true meaning of Christmas. We then exchanged our "Secret Santa" gift -it was really fun! Scott gave Joel a flashy pair of Nike Gym Shorts, Dianne gave Ashley the soundtrack and video to "Mamma Mia", I also wrapped up a super surprise for Ash, she had lost her red cell phone back in September and we had not seen it since. When I went out to get a box to wrap up a present, out flew this red cell phone. I wrapped it up and gave it to her for Christmas Eve. It was fun to see her face! Joel gave Ian a lantern and a book, Mark gave Scott the movie "Get Smart", (Is that a hint?) Emily gave Louise a CTR Ring and a beautiful scarf (Which I picked out!), and Ashley gave Kadda a skull sweater (it's cuter than it sounds!) Louise gave Emily a beautiful pink wallet from K-Mart (Anybody know where that is????) and a Bath and Body incense warmer. Kadda gave Aspen a CTR ring that she, and Louise and I went in on-yes it was a little pricey! She loves it! Ian gave me a pair of sweater boots that were such a surprise when we found out that one boot was a size 6 and one boot was a size 8 and that they were both right feet! (NO, not the right feet, the right feet!!!!!!!!! Get It?) Needless to say, I was a little bummed out... Aspen gave Mark a goose caller and a candy bar and Sam (Our dog) got a box of Milk Bones! All in all it was a fun evening! We helped the elves do the stockings and ended up getting in bed around 2:00 am. Why do old people do that? We woke up about 8:00 am to find out that we were out of power. It went off at about 5:30 am and was off about 6 hours. We unwrapped presents by candle light and had junk from our stockings for breakfast! It was a fun time!!!