Christmas at the Homestead!

We celebrated "Christmas at the Homestead" this year with local ranchers, neighbors, and "Friends of the Cove."  Thanks to the efforts of all the missionaries to create beautiful decorations, fun door prizes, and a delicious meal, we had a wonderful evening!

An activity like this takes lots of preparation . . .

. . . unique table decorations, straight from the masters in the woodshop. . .

 . . . and lots of fun door prizes, many of them made by hand by our talented missionaries.  
There was actually a tie for the "Guess the number of M&Ms" game.

The handcarts were moved outside to form a welcoming pathway,

and the barn became transformed into a Christmas wonderland!

 We were entertained by Trinity's lovely singing and had a group Christmas Carol sing-along too.
Then we watched a wonderful DVD of the birth of Christ.

It was fun to spend the evening with so many friends and neighbors.

Some came all the way from Casper and even from Lander to join us.

 It was just a nice evening spent with friends and "family!"

 These two girls were especially excited because they won the quilts!