It might not be Estes Park at the YMCA but Jaime hosted one heck of a great time at their house for our Christmas!! It was nonstop fun at the Smith household and even though it was a LOT of work, everyone enjoyed the time we all spent together!!
The Savages' stopped at our house about noon on Saturday so we could do some visiting and Robby could help set up a tv that's going to Mexico - then we all headed to Jaime's mid-afternoon and the fun began!
First up - making diamond dot ornaments for the tree! The kids loved doing this and the ornaments turned out cute as can be!!
When the girls were done with the diamond dots, the boys came up and the girls moved to decorating cookies! Jessi had made "ugly Christmas sweater" cookies and the kids had fun decorating them! We made a LOT of frosting!
As you can tell from the pictures, most of the kids were drinking hot chocolate! Jill had made "cocoa bombs" - the newest craze which is a fair sized chocolate ball with marshmallows or peppermint in the middle! Matias is dropping his in!
I rarely get pics of the guys but love this one I took of Brad and Robby, deep in discussion!
We served soup for dinner that night - and then it was time to celebrate Kenzie's birthday which was Dec. 2nd AND Gary's which was the day we were together, Dec. 19th!
And finally that evening, we played bingo - just like in Estes Park but the winners got ACTUAL gifts, thanks to Jaime who had a whole tub full of items she had bought and was ready to be rid of!! The kids had a ball picking out their prizes when they won!
I started out as the caller but Robby took over later as I was starting to get hoarse!! And wouldn't you know it, I dropped one of the balls and it rolled under Jaime's frig - we tried and tried to get it out but to no avail.....darn!!!
After the kids went back downstairs, a few of us played bingo in the "quiet"!
It was an awesome day!! We were all tired by the time we headed back to our house - the Keppy's (minus Evan and plus Aleah) stayed with us! And then it was on to Day 2!
2 comments:
It was a great start to our celebrations!
Looks like a fantastic time! I will have to look into the diamond dot ornaments. I think I could do a small one like that. Emily is working on a large picture!
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