Christmas Nativity Event

We had a lot of fun this Christmas season celebrating the birth of our Savior!
Our first big event was going to the Wonder of the Nativity in Rochester. It's a free inter-faith event hosted by our church with live nativity, live music, refreshments, and hundreds of beautiful nativity displays. Tanner was my buddy while we listened to the music performances. 
He loved watching our friend, Erin Grush, play her flute in a flute choir.
The live Nativity was extra amazing this year. They added a youth chorus that added a beautiful element to the entire scene!
Another addition this year was a children's activity room. There were nativities for the children to play with and an area for dress-ups to act out their own version of the nativity, along with a project table. Dallin loved the rocking horses.
We brought our friends Ajulu and Odonga with us, and also Leighsa's sweet daughter, too!

This is my favorite picture of the evening:

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