First Annual Christmas Party with Friends!

A couple weeks ago our good friends, the Lokers, hosted a Christmas Party at their new home for all our Chelsea friends. It was a night full of everything that a party should have - good food, drinks, gifts, and laughter. The Chelsea Christmas parade was that night too, so after some play time and appetizers we bundled everyone up and walked down the street to watch the floats go by and see Santa. I didn't have my camera for that, but it sure was a great time! After the parade we walked back to Laura and Bill's house and had a wonderful feast for dinner full of all the fixin's...ham, potatoes, green beans, and homemade mac n' cheese. I'm getting hungry just thinking about all that good food! After pigging out, we put the kids in their pj's and then passed out a gift for each of them to open. They played with their toys for a little while, and then we put a Christmas movie on so us adults could have our own Christmas exchange, White Elephant style! Good times were had by all!!

After getting their pj's on, Brett, Abby, and Carter entertained themselves while waiting to open presents :-)

And down goes Carter! Can't you just feel the love?!

And then Carter took Abby down too! Brett is either playing referree or trying to get in on the action too :-) Mmmm, what do you think?!

We then attempted to get a picture of all our cuties together...

Hey, atleast they were (almost) all in the picture!

Now to the best part....opening presents!!

And it's a....

Remote control race car!!! Thank you, Carter and Landon!!!

And let me just tell you, according to little boys, there is NOTHING like a new remote control car!!

We were able to pull the kids away from their new toys long enough for some dessert....yummy cupcakes that Zuzana made!!

After all that crazy fun, the kids sat frozen in front of the T.V. for a Christmas movie :-) Just what we had hoped for so we could play our White Elephant game!

Of course, not long after the sugar kicked in and they were in full gear again! And Laura, who always thinks of everything, gave each child a little goodie bag to take home :-)

"Let's see what's inside, Landon!"

It must've been good stuff, because Laura got a big thank you hug afterwords :-)

You'd think by almost 10pm at night the kids would be beat, but nope, they were ready for more fun in the basement!! We surely didn't mind because that just meant we could have another glass of wine, and chat some more!!

The big mattress on the floor is always a huge hit!!

Brett and Carter love to play chase games and wrestle!

Brett thought the guitar was pretty cool too :-) He was jammin'!

Finally, by around 11pm, Brett was getting tired :-) Here he is cuddled up on the floor with the soft new blanket we had gotten from the White Elephant game. We went home after this picture was taken and went to bed :-)

We really had such a great time with all our friends, and I loved watching all our kids play together!! Thank you for hosting such a wonderful party, Laura and Bill!! We can't wait to do it again next year :-)