"The best kind of love is the kind that awakens the soul, makes us reach for more, plants a fire in our hearts, and brings peace to our minds." --From "The Notebook"

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Blackburn Family Christmas Party

Sunday, December 19th--Nate and I were in charge of the annual family Christmas party this year. Thank goodness my Aunt Manya is always willing to allow us to use her office conference room for the party. It has everything we need to put on a fabulous Christmas party and then some! We did a huge ham and potato dinner, with plenty of veggies, rolls and amazing Costco desserts. Nate was put in charge of games and that was fun for all. Every year we do a white elephant gift exchange with the adults. The kids, we draw names and each of them buy a present for the name they're given. Last year my sister, Alishia, was in charge and decided to go with a theme for our white elephant purchases. She chose "As Seen On TV" so we all bought those types of gifts to put in the pool. It was quite hilarious! We decided to do a theme as well and chose "Battery Powered". We were worried this could be a rather dangerous theme but it actually went really well. There were some fun items to choose from. It was, as usual, a wonderful night--we look forward to it every year! This evening was a little crazy because we were leaving for Washington the next day so we had to hurry home and get the car packed and so many other things. However, the night was perfect and it all worked out.

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