Sunday, December 20, 2009

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!!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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