Happy Christmas!

I had to post these pictures of my parent's Christmas village. Believe it or not, they did not even put out everything they had this year. They said they did not want to put out the entire village this year because it's too much work, but I secretly knew they wanted to. So I insisted, though I was questioning that decision about the tenth time up the stairs carrying boxes so high I couldn't even see. It was worth it though and has sort of become a tradition that we all love.

Here are the gingerbread houses we make every year with the MacKay's. Why do they all look the same you say? Well, we have this brilliant idea (please sense the sarcasm) of bringing candy and then splitting it equally among us. So, though the house are different shapes and the candy in different places, they essentially look the same.

This is Oliver's first Christmas so I had to buy him this cute onesie. What makes it even cuter is that my friend Allie bought one for her two month old baby, Jensen. Yes, this is the first step to them becoming best buds (or so we hope)! I don't have the pics, so here is Allie's blog with a couple of them on it.

Lots of Oliver

Baby...errr...Toddler Jesus

We had our ward Christmas party this past Saturday and of course there had to be a baby Jesus for the nativity in the skit. You guessed it, we were asked to be Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. I had to remind the lady asking that Oliver was eleven months old, walking all over the place and anything but peaceful and quiet. There is a younger baby in the ward, but it's a girl and I guess they wanted to be politically correct.

I have to say that before the skit even started, Oliver went to touch the curtains on the stage and nearly fell off! Yes, it was very scary and not too promising for the upcoming skit. However, he did pretty good for the first five minutes, I just held his hand while he stood there. He waved to my mom sitting in the front taking pictures and even conducted the music with the chorister. He put on quite the show, and luckily when he was about to go completely ballistic, someone handed a candy cane up and saved the day!