The day began with our first serious snow fall! The flakes started coming down while I was walking the dog at about 8AM and continued all day and all night! Everything looks so pretty and the snow coming down in flurries was the perfect backdrop to our Christmas-y day.
First, Alyssa and Danny had their last basketball games of the season. That probably doesn't sound very festive, but since poor Brad got conned into coaching both teams this year the end of the season felt like a reason to party! He actually had a lot of fun coaching their teams, but his schedule the past few months has been crazy because of it.
After the big games, the girls had their Christmas piano recital - that is always a fun and festive event. Each one of them continues to do well with piano and it is really fun to hear them play. Alyssa mastered 'Jingle Bells' and 'Jolly Old St. Nicholas', Haley played 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree', and Amber learned 'Oh, Holy Night'.
The grand finale of our day of Christmas fun was attending Brad's new office's Christmas party. This is a party held annually and it is quite the event - a catered dinner party held at the country club in town. The dress is semi-formal and, needless to say, it's a little bit fancier party than the Nielson clan is accustomed to attending! It was so much fun, though (not stuffy at all.) The food was wonderful, the people were friendly and at the end of the evening Santa made a special guest appearance! He brought with him a gift for each child in attendance (somebody went to a lot of trouble to plan this party!) and called them up one by one from his "nice list". I was impressed with how family friendly the evening was and Brad and I were very proud of how well behaved our kids were (a testament to the power of parental threats!) It was a great evening.
6 comments:
some pretty cute kids!!!!! The picture was so festive. We love you and hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
What a fun day and party. Your kids look beautiful :) but I wish one of them would have taken a picture of their mom and dad.
Funny you should mention that...we actually did have a family picture taken by the Christmas tree at the party, but it wasn't on our camera. So when it's emailed to me I will post it (even if it's no good!) just for you :)
I love the snow flurries on the pictures. Very festive! Tell the truth about why you didn't post your family photo, Amy. You interpreted "semi formal" as meaning "show a little cleavage", right? Don't be shy. We still want to see the picture.
Ha! You know me too well, Kristen. Truth be told, I will post the family picture after, and ONLY after, I photoshop my party outfit to make it appear modest!
The party sounds fun. I am glad that you enjoy the snow. Isn't it crazy how much snow there has been this winter already?!
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