Christmas Eve and the Kirtland Nativity Exhibit

Aside from eating vegetable curry and rice for dinner (very traditional...maybe in India?), reading Luke 2 with towels on our heads (that's the closest we could come to acting it out) and using our colored nativity magnets I made John this year, singing Christmas carols around the piano, (and after John went to bed) watching Despicable Me while folding laundry and wrapping presents, we got to go see the Kirtland Nativity Exhibit. It was wonderful!!

Our nativity set is from Guatemala; it's the tiny one (middle left) on the clay plate.

Obviously John wanted to touch everything. It just looked so fun. 

 John is really into pointing, and he did that a lot and said "Wow." at the exhibit.

 Recycled pop cans from Kenya, innovative!

 We had to wake John up from his carseat nap...sad. It was hard to get him to smile. Plus he was so intent on taking everything in. It was quite a site!

 

 This one was carved by a Christian artist from Bejing who was in hiding for religious beliefs.

 This one cost like $30,000! From Jerusalem, carved from olive wood.

 Real gold, frankincense and myrrh. Pretty neat!

 The last supper, olive wood from Jerusalem.

 This nativity set was my favorite! I love that the scriptures were written onto the pieces that they pertained to...so cool!

 John got just a little bit squirmy by the end, and he got a reward of going to the kid room and being able to touch those nativity sets, and stuffed animals.

 He hugged the sheep and gave it a pat on the back :)

 It was wonderful to go as a family and rejoice in the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas! They are still open until Jan. 5th. Check it out! http://www.kirtlandchristmas.com/