Always A Party

Saturday night some of our neighbors had their annual
KEGGER party... ROOT BEER THAT IS!!

Everyone brought & grilled their own meat, a side dish to share, and a gift. There was so much yummy food & of course some VERY fun friends!

We chatted & laughed & then we played BUNCO! Everyone went home with a gift & some even earned 2 gifts. It was a blast! (thanks to all those who hosted it this year)

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Last Sunday night, our family prepared for Brad's first Christmas as a missionary.

My mom came up with this cute idea for each of us to make something Christmasy out of paper & then for us to write him something on the back. We are hoping that it will keep him cheerful & maybe he'll even hang things up as decor.

Please notice Scott in the background! He measured out a perfect gold star... he meant business.

AND Shalae's was one of my favorites.... it is a small replica of an old decoration that my mom has... actually probably still has. We hope it will remind him of us & home.

I loved how EVERY person participated & came up with such creative ideas.

My mom sent a bunch of extra stuff.

She wrapped 12 gifts that he'll get to open each day, the last 12 days of Christmas.

We miss Brad a ton, but we know he is in the right place right now & being blessed for all that he is doing. We think about him so much. Brad is doing great & loving his mission in Brazil.

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November 1st, our friends Jill & Noah Tyler had their great Hollyween party. It was Hollywood theme this year & so much fun again.

Crystal & Steve were DEAL or NO DEAL....

and Lance & I were (a bust) Demi & Ashton. (seriously a bust... Demi is the most simple person, & Lance's hair doesn't even look like Ashtons in this picture, but it did earlier in the night)

A couple fun games that they did at the party was trying to guess parts of pictures & naming which celeb it was....

their traditional game of splitting into teams & guessing songs from movies, or t.v & etc....

AND this year, Noah added a new game.

(my favorite- I need to figure out how to put this together)

He put together parts of movie clips & when he would push pause -each team had to write the {exact} next line on our whiteboards. It was so much fun... and MY team won!

Thanks Bert & Mary Poppins!