Christmas in the desert

It hasn't really felt like Christmas to me here. It takes a lot of effort to make it feel Christmasy. Everywhere we go we don't see, hear, and feel Christmas like the States. We don't hear the music or see the lights on houses.

Actually, we see the opposite. Our Arab friends are wearing black for mourning. There are black flags and banners hanging in the village because of the mourning time. It's a little hard to feel festive when our friends are mourning.

So, in order to feel Christmasy, we went out to the desert and took some Christmas pictures. We've been listening to Christmas music in our house and car. Also, the kids have been playing with the nativity set and pretending to be the different characters in the story.

Before we went to the desert, Megan braided Faith's hair! She looked so cute! Megan is very talented with doing hair and make-up.

Megan also took our family pictures in the desert...she's multi-talented! I love this girl...I wish I was this cool when I was 15.

Here's a few of the pictures she took: 

Here's a video of the kids playing with the nativity scene.