Jasen and Me

Birthday

Last week I had my birthday.  Can you guess my age?  Hint: it isn't 19; those were the only candles my aunt could find in her house.  I am now the ripe old age of 26.

Called to Serve

Last Monday, my grandparents (on my mother's side) enter the MTC for their second LDS mission.  They will be going to Everett, Washington to serve a church leadership mission.  Good luck Grandma and Grandpa!  We all love you.

Las Vegas in December

Last week I paid a visit to these 4 beautiful cousins that live in Las Vegas.

We played on their tree, played card games, and watched movies.  It was a very nice, relaxing 4 days.  

Paige, the youngest of the girls, is known for her faces.  More than half of these were taken while playing a card game.

Holiday Shooting

On Monday the Degns had their annual holiday shooting event in Provo canyon.  And yes, it was super cold and the wind chill was not nice.  I stayed in the car most of the time and just watched; I only step out to take these pictures.

My father loved shooting this year's Christmas present that he built for himself.

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve our family went over to my Aunt Amalie's house for a family get-together with my dad's side.

  

The best part about our Christmas Eve get-togethers is the Christmas pageant my cousins put on. This year my uncle Victor was the narrator.  Here is the scene by scene of the pageant:

Enter Mary and Joseph looking for a spot at an inn.

After being rejected, they end up at a stable with this very bored sheep and Jesus is born.

An angel appears to these 2 Shepherds, telling them of the good news.

Four Shepherds end up finding the baby Jesus.  Note the bored sheep lounging in the background.

Three wise men then go searching for baby Jesus with their gifts (in this case the gifts are Christmas fruit ornaments).

The wise men present their gifts to Jesus.   This is where the sheep made his escape.  See his fringe on the left; he was just too quick to capture him with the camera.

Joesph opens his bag to collect the gifts.  One wise man decided that his gift looked better on ear.

The final pose.  No one would look at the camera.

The Tree

I just love my parent's Christmas tree.  My mother has fond memories of the felt ornaments hanging on the her family's Christmas tree when she was a little girl. So when my siblings and I were all in elementary school, she decided to create the same memories for us.  She made all these beautiful ornaments.  I was old enough at the time to sew on a few sequins on a couple of the soft ornaments.