"Christmas is what we make of it. Despite all the distractions, we can see to it that Christ is at the center of our celebration. If we have not already done so, we can establish Christmas traditions for ourselves and for our families which will help us capture and keep the spirit of Christmas."
-President Thomas S. Monson
We left at 7:38 this morning for the valley. Our car looked like this:
James, putting one last item in the car.
James dropped me off at the house and then took the rental car to the job so I could unload the car.
Thank goodness for Adam. He finished wrapping my gifts for me so I could get my shopping done. I went to both Sam's Club and Costco. Costco was insane! I got food for tonight and food for our Christmas dinner.
Saturday Michael's friends took him to Tucson for his birthday.
The hiked Picachio Peak. Here is Michael at the top.
Tonight we had our annual Lambson family Christmas party and white elephant gift exchange game. For food we had appetizer's and desserts. Stacy sang "Christmas at Our House" and I talked about remembering what Christmas is for Joe and Michael sang and Joe played the guitar. Stacy read the story "Trouble at the Inn."
Here are some pictures:
Brian opened the first gift. It was the Taylor Lautner poster that has been passed around for years. Notice Ben's grin in the background. I think he may have had the poster last year.
I think that is Seth bending over but I'm not sure if he's picking a present or putting a piece in Stacy's puzzle.
Evan opened a soft and cozy blanket, but he didn't get to keep it. Joe got to choose last and Amanda wanted the blanket so he got it for her. Funny, because Kim brought the blanket and she chould have just given it to Amanda.
Evan held on to the blanket for awhile.
Connor, Michael's friend, got the most awesome monkey hat. This gift definitely went to the right person!
Trying on the new hat.
Looks good!
Looks like Evan got a new gift and I'm not sure what
Sheri is looking at.
Sheri made sure her boys, Evan and Max, knew they couldn't whine or complain about the gift they got.
Seth trying to explain to Alexis what
her gift is. Wish I would have written it down.
Joe and Amanda
You can't see him but those are Jared Ammon's hands
opening up the Quelf game that I brought. He ended up
taking it home. I am pretty sure Catherine ended up with the
box of weird food and miscellaneous items that Kaitlin brought.
Max opened the gun that Connor brought, but notice how Joshua
is eyeing it. Joshua ends up with the gun, but Max was totally a good sport about it. He ended up with the cat food Alex brought.
Adam and Kaitlin have been friends
for over 8 years.
Ben looks sad. Maybe he misses the
Taylor Lautner poster.
Stacy discussing something with Michael while
Sheri and Alexis look on.
Alex and Seth discussing something.
Joseph in deep thought and striking a pose.
Not sure who came up with his outfit.
This is the gift that I came home with, Nemo!
I love it because Alexis made it in her ceramic class.
He looks so cute sitting on the edge of my bathtub.
James didn't play the game. He gave his gift, a DVD containing all four of the Superman movies to Catherine who didn't bring a gift so
she could play.
Kim brought some of the best gifts, including movie tickets and a $10 Target gift card and of course the snuggly blanket Amanda went home with.
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