christmas party

after the longest week, which seemed like a lifte-time, i had a christmas party at my house for some peeps. it was a small group of good friends. i feed them taco's and puppy chow (ya know - check mix with peanut butter and chocolate). everyone brought a $1.00 gift and we played the dice game, which was a hit. we laughed so hard at how crazy the boys got at stealing gifts from one another. at one point i think schmidty had about 5 gifts and everyone was stealing from him. it was super funny. it was a good time. paul was super excited that he got a princess marker board that i know he is gonna hang on the outside of his bedroom door. anna took the best gifts home, carbiou gifts cards! and brad got the foam shooting gun and continued to shoot everyone all night long. we played catch pharse and mad gap...and at one point i was laughing so hard that i almost peed my pants. i was happy to have people over to enjoy my home (and my new couches...us girls all fit on it), to feed them and enjoy each others company. oh, i got my bible study members a Northwestern College T-shirt for Christmas...but Aaron and Jason werent here to collect their gift, so the last picture is if jen, anna, and justin in their sporty nwc shirts. NICE! as the snow falls and i sit here still in my p.j's (and it's 3:00 p.m.) i am so thankful to have good friends to celebrate Jesus with. and i am even more thankful that i have a safe and warm place to live, cuz it's snowing like crazy outside! here are a couple of the fun captured moments of the evening.