Ward Christmas Party

We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday, complete with a Christmas program put on by the youth about the life of the Savior. They even had a life nativity scene, and as Jaycie is the only baby in the ward, she was chosen to be baby Jesus (but of course I didn't get a picture...grrr).
And of course we had a visit from Santa Claus. Aubrielle was thrilled and excited to tell him she wanted a Barbie for Christmas (which was news to mom.....). She also posed nicely for a picture (her beautiful Christmas dress is accented with a white and blue cloth, she wanted to dress like she was from Bethlehem like the Young Women....she thinks so is one of them...it's quite cute).
Anyway, Benson was less than excited to see the jolly old man....in fact, when he saw the guy who dressed up like Santa at church the next day he started crying again...lol, I have no idea how he recognized him....and when he saw me posting this picture he said, "Benben....cying....'Mama, Mama!!'" So funny. Although he did manage to yell from about 10 feet away, "Ball, ball!" So hopefully Santa got that on his list. And he was more than thrilled to get a candy cane from Santa's helper (although they were popcorn, cherry and pear flavored...yuck!).