Parties of December 2008

I have been needing to post about all the fun parties that we went to in December, so I figured this was a good way to do it. We started the month off with an Ugly Sweater party. Our friends had been talking about having one for a while, so when they actually set the date- we weren't going to miss it. Jamey and I had so much fun going to the thrift stores trying to find the ugliest sweater. I did win a prize too- the Tackiest Sweater. I beat Jamey by one vote. :) It was such a fun night of mingling and eating. Then we had a white elephant exchange, which was so funny. I love a good night with friends when you do nothing but laugh the whole night and you leave with your cheeks so sore. Thanks Liz and Scott!!!

The WINNERS

Just Torch it, Funniest, Holiday, Tackiest, Grandpa, 80's & Ugliest

The next night we had another party to attend- this one was titled "Las Vegas". So we were suppose to dress up anything like Vegas. Being that I am showing a bit we thought it would be totally funny to go as the shotgun wedding/ white trash couple. Again Jamey and I had so much fun thrift store shopping finding the perfect pieces to complete the outfit. Everyone came up with some great costumes. There was of course an Elvis- we had a younger one and the older one. Then there was CSI, the cougar and her boy, old gambling couple, gold digger, and the chip & dale dancer. We also spent the night eating and playing games with great friends. Thanks Anneke and Mark!!

The day after Christmas some friends hosted an 'After Christmas Bash'. We did a lot of eating again and had another white elephant exchange. Jamey opened the best prize- a cookie jar from a guy that used it when he was a kid. Man it is ugly- NEVER go for the biggest gift. For some reason I didn't take my camera, so we don't have any pictures of this party. It was another night of lots of laughter. Thanks Jolayne and Chris!!!

Then to celebrate New Year's some other friends had an 80's party. We started growing Jamey's hair about 3 months ago so he could have the perfect mullet. Well the back wasn't quite as long as we would have hoped for, but the effect turned out great. Who knew that leg warmers were back in style? I picked these up at Target of all places. It was so much fun pulling out the banana clip and poofing up the bangs as high as I could. Unfortunately we had to leave the party early because our little Spencer was throwing up. Rather than have a babysitter come to our house we had taken him to some friends. He threw up 3 times shortly after we got to the party, so we had to cut our New Year's short. We got home a little after 10:30pm. Jamey and I put the boys to bed and just hung out the two of us to celebrate the New Year. Thanks for the party Micaela and Ammon- sorry we had to duck out early!!

True to my promise though- after the boys were asleep we went downstairs and finished cutting Jamey's hair. Here is the before picture- trying to illustrate the mullet and then the after. Three months of longer and fuller hair, Jamey looks like he has had a serious haircut! So many people begged him to keep this haircut for church on Sunday- but I wouldn't even let him keep it for January 1, 2009! We hope everyone had a great holiday and wonderful New Years.

Here's to 2009!!