Mike and I usually don't love going to the family Christmas parties. Last night we had one that we go to so we can be good kids. The food is ok (it's at Joe Morely's) and then there is usually a game, but it's kind of the same thing every year and since it's only for the adults, there is the added pressure of finding someone to watch the kids. This year we are trading with D&Kat and watching their kids tonight. We appreciated them watching ours last night, especially since they live closest to the restaurant in SEWJ.
But, last night was a BLAST! Not because anything had changed, but we sat next to Scott & Kellie and the boy's cousins, Tracy, Barry, Bonnie and their aunt June. It seems every year there is some kind of communication problem. Last year we showed up an hour late because Mike's cute Mom told us it started an hour past the real time. This year, it was the line on our invitation that read: Bring a $1 gift for games. So, we did. Kellie and Scott stopped on their way to the party and got $1 gifts. When I walked in and asked Lynn where she wanted the gifts, panic struck her face and she said we didn't need gifts. Well, it seems that all the sisters do different invitations. Mike's family and one other family got the invite that said bring gifts and no one else did. So, here come the jokes! And they went on and on and we were getting in trouble for laughing during the game. (I kind of felt like we were in school and being told to not talk anymore). In the end, we ended up donating the gifts we brought and they did a raffle while the jokes continued. We laughed and laughed and laughed. Good, deep belly laughs. It was the best time we've had at this family party EVER!
Now, the snow started while we were partying. And SL got hit hard! We only went 25 to 30 miles an hour on the freeway until we were 10 minutes from home. So, a usually 30 minute drive took us and hour and 30 minutes. Unfortunately, we didn't get pounded up here by the snow as hard. We only have about 4 to 5 inches. But....it's still snowing!
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Sounds like the party was fun, wish we could've been there. Glad the gifts you brought were only $1 gifts instead of pricier things:) Hopefully we'll be there next year for it!(I think Steve's itchin' to get back sooner than his original plan!!!)
YEA! We'll take you sooner than his original plan! BTW, Mike wants to know if Steve saw his Steve & Barry's comment?
He didn't see the comment himself, but I told him about the "mysterious" comment from Curtis Brown. He thought that was pretty funny!
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