Christmas Eve

A few months ago I got an email asking if I would be interested in having Brenham play Baby Jesus at our church's Christmas Eve service. Of course! I told Chris about it and he was equally happy about it. Then I told him that I would be playing Mary- which Chris thought was fun, too. Then I saw a lightbulb click and he asked, "wait a minute, who is playing Joseph?". With some convincing, he got on board... and that's how the Hill family ended up playing the Holy Family this Christmas:

It was truly a special honor and a fun Christmas memory that we'll always have!

Sadly, the lighting does us no favors here:

Jesus (with a pacifier), Mary, Joseph and... James? Well, perhaps not totally accurate...

Bradley loved seeing the donkey backstage:

Earlier on Christmas Eve we spent time with my side of the family. Here are the Beard cousins:

You can see how elated Bradley and Theo were that we decided to take this photo!

And some shots that I tried to get of my handsome little men:

We certainly didn't have a Silent Night this Christmas Eve, but I wouldn't have it any other way!