ward Christmas party

This year for the ward Christmas party I was in charge of organizing the dinner. Whew, what a project! But everything turned out well and we had a ton of fun. Of course the best was watching the kids run wild with their friends! :) For the program, every auxiliary sang a hymn. Here is our Gabers with the primary... see all those cute kids lined up singing? Not Gabe... he is on the far right standing in front of all the other kids! Not sure why, but he wandered around in front, not really singing, just kicking his leg and smiling a lot. It was pretty darn funny!Nyah thought the party was all about her. It was like she was a teenager already... as soon as we got there she took off like she needed to socialize with everyone! If I turned my attention away for a moment, she was gone. I even found her once on the pianist's lap while she was trying to play!

For the most part she could be found with her little buddy Lauren (in the pink shirt). They were running around giggling, crawling like babies, running and falling (on purpose) and just being silly goofy in general!Gabe couldn't help but join the fun for a bit...Of course the highlight of the evening was SANTA!!! Gabe was so excited he kept asking me in a whisper when Santa would be there, almost like it was a secret! It was adorable. That little man is just the cutest boy. When Santa finally did come, his face literally lit up and he raced to the stage to get in line! He was so quick that I missed a picture of him on Santa's lap, darn it! Eric was there though and told me that Gabe wouldn't really look into Santa's face but talked to him and was really happy to sit on his lap. (I remember last year I captured a picture of him talking out of the side of his mouth to Santa! Luckily Santa has good hearing because he still brought the gift Gabe really wanted!) The funniest part of the night was Nyah with Santa though. She LOVED him!! She would NOT leave his lap and the other kids were having to sit on Santa's other knee until I finally dragged her off his lap kicking and screaming! It was hilarious!! And she wiggled and squirmed her way back onto his lap again (of course cutting in line) before a very embarrassed Daddy finally put a stop to his child monopolizing Santa! Who ever heard of a 1 year old that adored Santa! Most are terrified! :) She would sit on his lap grinning from ear to ear and looking up into his face now and then. Mostly I think she just loved being the center of attention!! Uh oh, we're in trouble!!

Last but not least, here is Eric in all his vocalizing glory, treating us to the song "I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas" with the EQ. I still can't believe he got up and sang... he takes his calling very seriously! ;)