I LOVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY

WE CELEBRATED  OUR FRONT OFFICE WORK CHRISTMAS PARTY LAST WEDNESDAY (12*14*11) BECAUSE AMANDA TOOK THIS WEEK OFF...LUCKY DOG!!! WE WERE SOOOOOO EXCITED TO OPEN ALL OUR PRESENTS..I SUGGESTED THIS YEAR THAT WE OPEN FROM ONE PERSON EVERY HOUR SO IT WOULD MAKE OUR PARTY LAST LONGER :) AND AMANDA WENT FIRST...THE FIRST GIFT SHE GAVE US WAS A WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL BOOK OF HOPE...HOPE IS ONE OF HER FAVORITE WORDS..AND SHE HAS A COPY OF THIS HERSELF..I'M THE ONLY NON BIG READER IN THE GROUP AND THE REST OF THEM READ ALL THESE NOVELS AND PASS THEM BACK AND FORTH...THEN TALK ABOUT IT AT WORK...SO I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR US ALL TO READ THIS STARTING IN 2012 AND HAVE OUR LIL' WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL BOOK CLUB AT WORK...I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FUN FUN FUN!!!

STEFFIEJ THE REINDEER

DASHER * DANCER * PRANCER * VIXEN

THIS WAS MY PRESENT TO THE GIRLS..I WANTED EVERYONE TO HAVE THE SAME BAG :)

SUSIE LOVED HER LAST NAME FRAME...SHE HAD SEEN IT IN A MAGAZINE AND KIM HELPED ME HUNT IT DOWN ON-LINE...GOT MY M-I-L ONE FOR CHRISTMAS TOO...SHHHHHH, DON'T TELL HER :)

I WAS ALSO AMANDA'S SECRET SANTA...SHE ASKED FOR A DVD OF THE LION KING..BUT SHE HAD NEVER SEEN ICE CASTLES...BLESS!!! EVEN I HAVE SEEN ICE CASTLES...SO, INDEED I FELT SHE NEEDED A COPY IT ALSO...IT WAS A BIG LAUGH FOR US ALL!!

THESE WERE OUR PRESENTS FROM SUSIE...KIM WANTED US TO POSE AS ROCKETTES..SO WE GAVE SUSIE A PRESENT SO SHE COULD JOIN IN ON THE FUN!!

WE HAD TO EAT IN BECAUSE WE "ARE" THE FRONT OFFICE...AND WE COULDN'T LEAVE..SO WE HAD SOME APPLEBEE'S CURBSIDE AND UPSIDE DOWN :) STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES FOR DESSERT...

KIM GOT US THE MOST AWESOME PUMPKIN BUTTER FROM A LIL' PLACE CALLED MIKE'S FARM...THEY HAVE A PUMPKIN PATCH IN THE FALL AND A CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TOUR IN THE WINTER...THE PUMPKIN BUTTER IS INSANELY GOOD...SO GOOD WITH CREAM CHEESE ON A BAGEL...

 AMANDA GOT US A GAG GIFT OF TOILET SEAT COVERS AND A SCRUBBY PAD...KIM'S FACE IS PRICELESS!!! LUCKILY WE CAUGHT HER FIRST REACTION FACE ON CAMERA..KIM MAKES THE BEST FACES..BUT SHE CAN NEVER REINACT THEM..SO IF YOU MISS IT, THAT'S IT...GLAD WE DIDN'T MISS THIS ONE!! SHE MAKES ME LAUGH!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY FRONT OFFICE WORK PEEPS!!! HOPE SANTA IS GOOD TO YOU ALL!!!