I went to the Walmart on Germann and Gilbert to do some shopping for food and more wax warmers. The wax warmers seems to be my "go to" gift this year. I was also looking for large gift bags but they were all out so I went to the Dollar Store near our house and found as many as I needed for only a dollar each. A good find! I also went to Sam's Club for ham and rolls for tonight's family Christmas party.
I came home and made Grinch kabobs using strawberries, slice of a banana, a green grape, and a mini marshmallow. I was going to post a picture but I think it got erased.
Almost everyone in town attended our party, including Dallin, Jared Ammon and his dog Dobus. Ian was not able to come because he was making late deliveries for UPS. We also had a special guest, Miss Kaitlyn Booth who just graduated from NAU. We love having Kaitlyn come to our family Christmas party! We sure do miss Jared and Tricia and their kids!
We started out on a spiritual note with some Christmas stories and James reading from Luke 2 and then bearing his testimony. I shared the symbols of Christmas and what they mean. Dallin sang the Christmas song he wrote a couple of years ago, and Addy played the guitar. The kids had a gift exchange and then the adults from Max up played the White Elephant game. Here are some pictures:
Stacy took charge of the kids gift exchange.
Here are some of the gifts given in our gift exchange: The Elf movie with cookies, a leopard blanket, and a soft teal blanket, an ASU mug with a Cardinals knit cap inside, sparkling cider, Taylor Lautner poster with an XBox game, (notice Ben holding up the poster in this picture), an apple cinnamon candle, movie tickets and free popcorn, a Coldstone gift card, a box of useless stuff, a jar of peanut M&M's, a Circle K gift card, two OZ posters, and the movie Marley & Me. It was a fun evening and great to be with family and friends!
Facebook finds:
Gail's family Christmas card
The Ellsworth's
Dane, Michael, Marissa,
Adrienne, Grady, and Audrey
Three of the four Wanlass children,
Taylor is serving a mission in San Antonio. Texas
Pictured are: Megan, Braden, Ian
and their dog Max
