BAM Christmas Party

After 2 postponements (1 due to snow falling, the 2nd because of snow thawing and refreezing) we finally had our BAM Christmas Party tonight. We had great food and great times...and even a great dirty Santa gift exchange. Let the fun begin...

Dig In!

deep conversations

Cutting the cake

Fruit Ball Snowman by Miki

Wreath Cake

More dessertsDuane describing our next Bible Study series

Dirty Santa begins. Barbara receives a plate with scripture on it

I get boxing gloves ~ they'll be put to good use!

Frank gets a dancing snowmanDot quickly took away Frank's snowman Frank opens Gaither CDs and Sherlock Holmes DVDs Duane opens up a penguin door hanger Greg's gift was a bag full of shredded paper (not sure what happened to the picture)

Cheri took Duane's penguin Duane then opened up a large Santa mug

Jessica opened up a Christmas play-doh set

Brian opened up a Memory game

Miki took the play-doh set away from JessicaJessica then got to open a musical Christmas tree Amy took the musical tree away from Jessica Jessica then opened up gourmet Bark Chocolate Mike took the Santa mug away from Duane Duane picked the "for female" gift and got a recipe book and garden hanging Rolf took the dancing tree from Amy Amy, a Florida fan, got a Georgia coozie And because Greg got the dirtiest gift, he got the last gift ~ Georgia & Duke decals. He'll keep the bag of shredded paper! Greg, Cheri, Dot, Rolf, Brian, Frank, Miki & Amy (in front) Jessica & Duane Barbara & Mike The kids came upstairs after the adults were finished exchanging gifts Reagan wanted some Christmas tree cookies Cooper and Mommy

CHEESE!Reagan loved the village display Future card sharks Sweet smile Silly boy Chasing the girls trying to steal a kiss Chasing Natalie for another kiss Now it's Natalie's turn to chase Cooper Reagan and Cooper playing with baby Eden's toys He's just so cute They liked rubbing Eden's hair

Did I miss the mistletoe?

Merry Christmas to the BAMily!!

Nativity

Because Reagan is so crafty, I bought her this ceramic nativity set so she could paint it during one of our out of school activities.

Painting Mary, Joseph & Baby JesusShe wanted everything painted just as it was on the boxShe was very careful with Baby JesusChoosing just the right colors Painting one of the wise men She even let Greg and I paint with herSo intense We set the Nativity scene up in Reagan's bedroom

SNOW Play

We ventured out into the almost EIGHT, yes 8, inches of snow this morning for some play time.

Cooper walking very carefully

Reagan's ready to goA brief stop for a pictureCooper wanted to mow the snow

daddy showing Reagan how to make the perfect snowball Snowball fight! Greg threw the first snowballIt didn't take Reagan long to get him back Cooper wanted to join the fun Preparing bigger and better snowballsReagan thought she'd see if she could mow the snow any better than Cooper could Such joy! Father/Son Fight Reagan tried to make a snow angel, but the snow had a layer of ice on it and it didn't work out too well Trying to hit mommy with a mound of snowSo much fun Gotcha! Who is he going to get next?Brother/Sister fight (look how they're both standing on top of the snow ~ they weren't heavy enough to break the ice) Throwing more snow

Giggles

I'm going to get you!

Laughter Clearing off the toy boxMonkey see, monkey doBuilding a snowman

The snowman didn't turn out too well ~ not the right kind of snow

Mom got to play in the snow too! My two favorite menMom and ReaganTake 2After playing in the snow, we went down to the road and played in the slush(picture out of order) Look at the size of that snow massNow, the real work beginsWork for Greg anyway!!

Thanks for coming to visit snow ~ you may go away now!

WOW

8am Saturday morning ~ almost 8 inches of snow!!