(Yes, there is going to be an excess of Christmas posts this year)

We went to the Christmas Eve service Monday night. Our church has these fantastic lights going in the parking lot, you can see them miles before you even get there.

The evening did not start out well as Ben didn’t want to sit still and stay in the row with us.

Once the performance started Ben was fine though. He liked the lights and songs, although he did ask “All done kissmas songs?” and requested we sing “Wheels bus” and “Eebee pider” (Itsy Bitsy Spider) instead :) After the carols, theatre performance and candlelight we headed out to the lobby for hot cocoa and the live nativity. Ben loved looking at the animals.

Kids could feed the animals too but Ben just seemed content to watch the cows and sheep.

The children’s pastor and his wife just had a baby and they were Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus this year.

We ended the evening at a friend’s house. Mr. Benjamin went to bed in the pack n play and we actually relaxed and enjoyed the company. We headed home around 10pm just as it started to snow! The snow made for a beautiful Christmas (that’s in the next post).