Ward Christmas Party

December 8^th was our ward Christmas party. First of all, it was kind of funny; for some reason in my mind I was thinking that the party was Friday night. So Friday evening I got the boys all ready, had the mashed potatoes done, and was just waiting for Jeff to get home so we could go. We were going out the door when we ran into someone from our ward who reminded us that the party was Saturday night, not Friday night. Somehow I just completely mixed up the days. At least the potatoes which were easily refrigerated until the next night. At that point we figured we’d take advantage of the fact that we were all ready to go, so we went to Friendly’s for dinner & had a fun evening anyway!

Matthew & Sterling Palmer with Bishop Storm

Saturday, the real night of the party was a lot of fun. They had an excellent ham & mashed potatoes dinner with all the sides & dessert. Afterwards they did a piñata for the kids. It was fun, but got a little crazy at the end. Some of the older kids are pretty rough and didn’t give the younger ones much of a chance for those ‘highly desirable’ dollar store toys! They had a good time anyway with no injuries.

The highlight of the night for the boys (Jacob anyway) was the visit from Santa. Caleb still isn’t quite sure how he feels about Santa! It was fun for them to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what they wanted. Jacob’s only request was a piggybank. Not sure where that came from, but it’s good info for me! (Side note: would you believe how hard it is to find a piggybank? I was hoping I wouldn’t have to make the drive clear up to ToysRUs, but they didn’t have a piggybank at Target, Ross, KB Toys, or any of the other toy stores at the mall. The ‘new thing’ is apparently ATM machines for kids. Some even allow you to enter your own name & personal pin number. Great idea, but a little advanced for a 3 year old.) Anyway it was a fun evening to spend with friends. We had a great time.