2009 Christmas Party w/Friends

Saturday, December 19, 2009 - Every year we try to have a Christmas Party together with a group of our closest friends. We usually have a yummy potluck dinner together, play some fun games, and have a little gift exchange. We love getting together with our friends as often as possible! Here are some pictures from this last year's Christmas party, 2009:

This is Drew & Tauna. Drew is a little silly at times, as you can see here. :)

Here is a picture of a few of us sitting around the ping pong table just hanging out a bit. From left to right: Chrisy, who is somewhat shielded by her little girl, Lydia, Sheree (who has since lost a TON of weight and looks AMAZING), Laura (who has since had that baby she was carrying at that time, boy #2), Sheree's husband, Wayne, and Drew.

Here is a picture of Matt and I lounging on one of the comfy couches that had been pushed off to the side to allow room for the ping pong table in the middle of the livng room area. It's interesting to look back at the pictures now.....9 months later.....and see how much some of us have changed. Neither Matt or I quite look like that these days. Matt has actually lost about 30 pounds of weight since the beginning of the summer....April or May....and he looks and feels great! I'm also currently working on losing quite a bit of weight myself. My hair is also no longer that dark color that it is in this picture. I had just recently gotten it done again. It's now lighter and quite a bit longer.....I'm currently letting grow long for awhile.

This is Laura's (from the second picture above) husband, Rueben, and their oldest little boy, Seth. Like I said above, they've since had boy #2 as well.

Here's a great shot of some of us arriving to the party. I also think this is a great shot to kind of show the house that we were at. The house is Chrisy's parent's house and they are always very welcoming to allow us to come over and have get-togethers periodically. As you can somewhat see from the picture, the house is GORGEOUS and gives us plenty of room to play! :)

The boys were beginning to try to get a game of "around the world" ping pong going. The 2 guys at the front of the picture are Matt and Drew. The 2 guys at the back of the picture are Ryan Keddington & Ryan Bruerton. The little boy in the background is Bridger, Ryan Keddington and Chrisy's little boy.


The following are just a few shots of some of the decorated eating/dining area.


Here's another shot of the guys playing "around the world" ping pong.


We had a great night with everyone that night! Thanks to Ryan & Chrisy for hosting the party last year! :)