That's right with the first of December came the first of our Christmas parties. Thursday night the ladies from our Ladies Bible Study at church met up at a local restaurant to eat, fellowship, and exchange gifts. It was a nice party. I didn't take many pictures because the room we were in was very small and didn't leave too much room for moving around, but here is our lovely group picture:
The whole crew
It used to bother me a lot being the youngest in the group. I mean, let's face it, the closest person to me in age is probably a good 8 years older than me. I still pray that we will have some younger people come in the church. People that are sincere and care about God's Word and what it says, rather than getting their own way, but until that happens, I get stuck being the baby of the bunch. It's not so bad, anyway :)
Yesterday Carl and I went Christmas shopping in Little Rock. All. Day. Long. We left as soon as we dropped the kids off at school and we didn't get back until around 6:30 last night. Thanks to Nanny for picking up the kiddos. We got a lot done, but I'm still not finished. The rest I should be able to do locally, though. This was our first time to get to go shopping alone (for Christmas) in about 4 or 5 years. It was great because we didn't have to worry about Trey getting tired or wanting this and that, but it was kind of sad because he is getting so big and is in school. I know...WA WA WA!
Today was our Christmas party in Sheridan with my Papa's family but before we went there we had to run back to Little Rock to return a couple of things. I wasn't planning on buying anything, but Carl did. He got Carlie a Kindle Fire for Christmas. She was there...and yes, she loves it.....and yes, we are the best parents in the world (for today)....and yes, she played on it almost the whole trip from Little Rock to Sheridan. I'm happy that she got it, but I really wish it was going to be a surprise. She says she doesn't care about having one less present than the rest of the kids on Christmas Day, but we'll see :) It is pretty awesome!
Here are the pictures I took of the party tonight:
Carlie with Aunt Kat
Mrs. Patsy with Tyler and Hannah
Trey with a gun and a mischievous look on his face!
My sweeties
Finally, somebody took a family picture of us :)
My love!
Papa and one of his sisters, Aunt Jill.
It was a fun night. My kids have been so super excited about this party because they love going and seeing all the Christmas decorations, and the gum ball machine, and the jukebox. It's just a really neat place to go. They never seem to mind that it's a Christmas party and there are no gifts, just good times :)
Two down, four to go!!
Beth
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