Our ward Christmas party this year was the theme: A Night In BethlehemMy pictures turned out fuzzy but you get the idea... the kids had fun dressing up in Biblical clothing.
I have to say it was the best was the best ward party I've been to. The food was awesome - kabobs, couscous, and pitas -- a nice change from the standard funeral potatoes and ham :)
Here we are decorating the tree (something must be wrong with my camera because they are fuzzy too). Valencia was especially excited since it was her first time doing all these Christmas things.
On Christmas Eve we had a special dinner -- fondue. We've had several people in the past that we've gotten together with for Christmas, but unfortunately this year everyone was out of town. We were feeling a little bummed about having it all by ourselves, so to make dinner feel special I did fondue -- we had two pots - a cheese one to dip bread and a chocolate one to dip fruit & pretzels. We had finger sandwiches too. This cheered everyone up.
Tallie's shirt didn't survive past this evening -- it was COVERED in chocolate when we were all done.
Christmas Morning!!Being Valencia's first Christmas in a lot of ways (her orphanage was great and they did celebrate Christmas with the kids, but it's not the same as a typical Christmas morning), I was expecting her to come downstairs and see the tree with all the presents and gasp at the sight. Not quite what happened. You'll see it in the video.
It was funny to see the different personalities from my kids. Beckett opened his first present and wanted to play with it and not be bothered opening anymore - he was quite content. Tallie would very slowly and carefully open each present and look it over and take it all in and spend a fair amount of time with each one. Valencia would tear open her present and without hardly looking at it would toss it on the couch and ask for her next one.
After all that hard work of opening presents and playing with new toys the kids settled down together to watch a movie.
That night we had ice cream sundaes. They were a big hit!
Loved seeing/reading this. Our Christmas morning I was thinking about your family and all the fun you would be having with Valencia. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a very Merry Christmas. I have to remember the ward Christmas party ideas--brilliant. What a fun time for your family to all be together.
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