Party #4.....

Party #4 happened Saturday - the annual "progressive" dinner.

Pasta at the Dee Hubers

Gravy & Biscuits at the Stokers

All the sugar you could ever hope for at the Petersens

Ice cream & brownies at the Sudburys

Party #5 is at Mom's on Christmas Eve - great food and interesting entertainment are on the agenda.....

One hand man....

So Preston is officially a "ONE HAND MAN" - five months left in the mish before he comes home!! YEAH!!!!!!!

Christmas Party #2 and #3

So Party #2 was last Friday night - the Ward party. The crowd was sparse, the entertainment was unique and the food was polynesian. Parker sang with the YM/YW in what he described as "a cheap imitation of a song from Shrek" - and yes it was..... The bishopric attempted to do Cowboy poetry. Our Bishop tried to do his with a spanish accent and said "I'm not very good at speaking MEXICAN - oh I mean Spanish".

Party #3 was the annual PYG party - no spouses or significant others invited. IT WAS A VERY LONG NIGHT! Started at 5:30 with appetizers, DRINKS, and gift exchange. I got a very unique (ugly) mug with some "Peppermint Drinking Chocolate" (note - not HOT chocoloate - but DRINKING chocolate - whatever that is). The food was good, my drink wasn't (only Pepsi products), and plenty of acholoic beverages flowing freely...... We even had a musical number by one of the new legal assistants. She thinks alot of herself and wanted to sing to show everyone how good she was (seriously that is what she told the office manager). We have nicknamed her Sarah Palin - because for Halloween she dressed up as - you guessed it - Sarah Palin.....

So Party #4 is Saturday - looking forward to it.....

Christmas is coming....

Last night we had our Relief Society Christmas party - the first party of the season. The food was good - the entertainment was good (Hunter High Madrigals) and the company was good. We (my neighbor Jenny Wong) and I invited Diane Bruschke - and she came!!!

The Bruschke's are very "private" people (and not members of the Church). They don't have any children and we just try to be good neighbors without being "too good of neighbors". They have a beautiful back yard and a beautiful home. In the 13 years we have lived in our homes, I had never been inside the "Bruschke" house - until now. It is beautiful...a lot of "large" furnishings from the Black Goose, a gourmet kitchen and very clean and neat!!!

They are really nice people - I hope she enjoyed the program!