Well this month for me is filled with numerous parties, taking pictures to get just the right one for our christmas card, and trying to get every ones presents in time for christmas. I always start out this month with my aunts annual cookie and ornament exchange party. Always great to spend time with christian women, and also without the kids (although this year Reef tagged along) I made about 5 1/2 dozen Pumpkin Chip Cookies which I might add were very good. We get there about 9am and eat breakfast together- then Katie has a few christmas games that we play which are getting harder every year. And then we sit around for the ornament exchange and lastly gather around the table to get cookies from everyone else. My aunt also makes a cookbook of the cookies that were made that year- so we go home with a cookbook of all the cookies that were made that day.
I finally got a great picture of my kids the very next day out at my granny's house, in a wagon, with their Santa hats all on. They are actually all 3 looking and with big smiles on couldn't of asked for anything else.
This Thursday we have the party for couples from the church- which will be yet another fun party filled with presents and good christian fellowship. Then that next Monday we have the annual ladies christmas party at the annex for all of the ladies in the church. (another party without kids), this is always fun b/c it is such a good mixture of old and young at the party- great food, and great fellowship as well. We sing a few songs, and do the present exchange which is fun in itself- trying to watch the elderly ladies steal presents from other people. (enough said)- I think the oldest ladies will be 90 and probably the youngest will be 19. So a great mixture of people.
Finally right before christmas we take the kids from church around caroling to the ones in the church who are elderly, can't get out or are in the nursing homes- this is our second year to do this and I think the kids really enjoy it. And afterwards we usually go back to someones house for cookies and hot chocolate.
In between all of this I have to find time to get presents for my kids, and other family members. So let the fun begin
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