The annual Whiting's Christmas party was held once again, at our house this year. A new twist was added in that it also became an Ugly Sweater party...because that seems to be the latest rage. Needless to say, I thought I had this one in the bag!
Unfortunately, the Whiting's showed up (since it was their party) and stole the show with real blinking lights and all!
Here is our party pose...before the festivities began.
We had lots of good food. Mariah and Grace are nice and warm in their sweaters as they eat their hot soup.
Suzie read the letters that Bo's companions had written to her. She found that putting her mailing address on Bo's pillowcase really got her some attention.
Ronda said she had found a great sale going on at Walmart on these very special earrings. I'm sure this will become an annual tradition for her.
Blaine explained Bunko for the umpteenth time, because none of use can ever remember the rules. It was loud and crazy as 32 people moved around the eight tables screaming Bunko!
We had the annual White Elephant gift exchange.
The hot items this year were the ceramic giraffe and the butternut squash. There was a lot of trading going on for those.
The cutting machine was also pretty cool and the most impressive gift. Whitney held on to it for approximately two minutes before it was taken away again!
The swedish fish were also a big hit. I have decided that I always need to have a huge container of candies that the kids can throw to each other from all ends of the room. Last time we had M&M's that we found for months later, this year it will be swedish fish.
Here is the coveted squash. George took it from ME!
We pulled out Bo's guitar and Rachel played for our Christmas carols.
Finally, after the big crowds left, the little crowds stayed and played and played and played. 2011 is going out as another successful Christmas!
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