Scharman/Samuelson Family Christmas

Tonight we got together with about 50 of our favorite family members and had our annual Christmas Nativity night. We started with soups and salads and lots of yummy desserts. After our stomachs were full, we moved on to fill our spirits with the "sounds of Christmas," or family talents. We were entertained by Grandpa Brent's annual Christmas poem which he and Grandma Jan actually sang this year. He created a great tribute to the upcoming presidential elections. Of course ending in a plug for "Pres. Romney." With the president and vice-pres of BYU in the family, we are bound to get numerous cheers, talents, t-shirts and comments (all under our breath of course) to promote the Univ. Of Utah. I must say Pres. Samuelson takes all the ridicule with a good attitude, we all know deep down he and Jan both cheer for the Utes. They just pretend to like the "Y". They have to, their job depends on it -haha. The kids had a great time playing instruments and finally getting to dress up to re-enact the birth of Jesus Christ. This is the first year in many that we haven't had a real baby to play Jesus. All the babies could walk this year and none would sit still long enough to play Jesus. This is a night that we all look forward to. It is a great way to teach the children of the birth of Jesus and it helps us to put a little more meaning to the Christmas season. We are blessed to have such a wonderful family with such a strong knowledge of Christ and the sacrifices that he made for us all. What a great night we spent together as a family!!