4th Annual Christmas Party

Jake's Portion of the Party

We had our first Christmas Party the year we

moved to Illinois - 1) because we love to entertain and

2) we thought it would be a great way to get to

know people after just moving here.

It's always a little scary having a party and inviting people

when you don't really know them, but we decided it would

be a great way to just "jump" in. Little did we know 4 years

ago that our little party (we only had about 10 people) would

turn into an annual event growing to more than 40 people and

it's something that we not only look forward too, but it seems

so do a lot of the people we invite. Every year we try to add

several more people, especially if they are new to the area, as it's a

great way to meet a lot of people and enjoy an evening of

Christmas Cheer!!!!

The good news....I took some before shots, the bad news...I

forgot to charge the batteries for the camera and when dear

sweet hubby went to take some pictures during the evening...

well you get the picture (or lack thereof).

Anyway, we had a fun and relaxing evening with lots

of good food (thank you to everyone for bringing a dish) and

a special thanks to Cathy for brining us a coffee cake and coffee

for this morning (I'm enjoying it as I blog).

A sidenote, a BIG kudos to Jacob as he spent the better

part of Saturday getting the basement ready for his part

of the party...did I mention that Jacob also has his party

at the same time and we had 16 kids in the basement

and we only had one knocked over rootbeer.

Wishing everyone a little "JOY" this holiday season and

thanks to all our friends and family for providing us with a

little "JOY" last night. You do so warm our hearts.