oh little town of bethlehem.

:: Here we have Ashlyn as Mary, Cam as a shepherd, Ava as a little shepherd girl, and Andy also as a shepherd, with a brief stint as an innkeeper ::

Even though we love how magical Santa Claus makes Christmas, we also like to help our kids recognize the real meaning behind this wonderful season. So I loved that our ward party this year was a little time traveling back to the days of a sleepy little town called Bethlehem. Lots of people came dressed up in the time period (two thousand years ago people mainly were attired in pillow cases and bathrobes right?) Ashlyn did a wonderful job playing Mary and once the little play was over, Ava made a beeline for the stage and spent the next twenty minutes rearranging the blankets on baby Jesus. What? You didn't know Mary had a nanny named Ava? Well apparently she did.