our family....

Our family in dolls... Mommy, Daddy, Zanna and my favorite, "the baby who popped out of Mommy's womb." Ah, the mind of a child.

A dog at the manger....

We have a "No-Rehearsal" Christmas Pageant at the church each year on the fourth Sunday of Advent. Zanna's been in it every year... first year, she was a sheep, last year a chicken, and this year, a puppy dog! The No-Rehearsal pageant is always awesome and is a great way for everyone to be involved in the Christmas story in a fun and meaningful way! And, I think she was the cutest puppy at the manger :) She's already decided that next year, she'll be a king!

Baby Jesus' Birthday Party!

For the past 29 years, the Demarest extended family has gathered to celebrate at "Baby Jesus' birthday party". It started out on Christmas Eve when we were younger and the mainstays are a birthday cake for Jesus and a rendition of the Christmas Carol "The Friendly Beasts"... some years there were costumes! When we were younger, our aunts would all give us an ornament for the Christmas tree. Now that our Christmas trees are FILLED with ornaments from each year, we do a gift exchange which is very fun!

I haven't been able to come to BJBP for about 5 years now, so this was exciting to be able to come!! :) We had a great time being with family and celebrating Jesus' Birthday!!
Happy Birthday, Jesus!!

Daddy's 30... Let's PLAY!

Cam turned 30 on December 11, and we took him to play pinball at Pinballz Arcade! It was his dream come true :) Zanna was introduced to racing games and loved the arcade....happy Birthday, Daddy!

There's a MONSTER at the end of this book!

I don't know what happened to the volume in the middle of this, and obviously, my camera is not the best for video, but hey, this is adorable anyhow :) The friend in this picture is Tess who came over for a sleep-over last night after babysitting at the church.

Here's the link!

A good friend... everybody needs one!

Zanna was in heaven last night; we had babysitting by the youth at the church, and Josephine and Tesla came! :) Sadly, I didn't catch Zanna and Tess's antics last night, but here are some of good friends, Josephine and Zanna! They've known each other since Josephine was about 2 weeks old and they are such good friends!! What fun!

An Artist at Work....

Zanna's got a cold, so we stayed home today and this morning worked on some of the ornaments she picked out for the family....