We had our ward Christmas party a few weeks back. I am on the activities committee and can I just say I never realized how much went into one of these dinners. I will never feel the same about eating and running again. Not only do you have the before hand planning, you have decorating, possibly food assignments and followups, setting up, taking down and cleaning up. Well our ward did not do food assignments we bought and prepared all the food ourselves.
We arrived at the church at 4 to start preparing for the 6:30 dinner,Brent was at his ER rotation, so I had my 2 girls in tow. Susan from my ward had contacted some of the YW to come and help me cut up onions, tomatoes and lettuce and they took turns playing with Ava. We had a taco and nacho bar, the food was good, the program was good, and Santa came too. The evening was a success and we had enough food left over that we could have probably had another ward dinner the next night! Brent arrived in his scrubs at 6:30 were he took over with the girls, and ate helped a little with cleanup and then took Ava home. As for Katrena and I, we were there until 10:30 and man was I exhausted. I really enjoy cooking and entertaining, but there is absolutely know way I could do that everyday, its exhausting.
The girls were able to sit on Santa's lap, unfortunately I missed it (I was in the kitchen), but I have to remind myself I can't catch all of Ava's firsts. To top it off I forgot my camera too! So my good friend Melinda had remembered her camera and graciously stayed a little longer to take a couple of photos for me. Ava is actually awake and she didn't cry. I guess she is still to young to be scared by the old guy in a red suit! And now that I think about it I am not even sure what Trena asked Santa for. I better ask her when she gets home, as you can see I was really not in Mommy mode that night.
Here are the girls with Santa.
We arrived at the church at 4 to start preparing for the 6:30 dinner,Brent was at his ER rotation, so I had my 2 girls in tow. Susan from my ward had contacted some of the YW to come and help me cut up onions, tomatoes and lettuce and they took turns playing with Ava. We had a taco and nacho bar, the food was good, the program was good, and Santa came too. The evening was a success and we had enough food left over that we could have probably had another ward dinner the next night! Brent arrived in his scrubs at 6:30 were he took over with the girls, and ate helped a little with cleanup and then took Ava home. As for Katrena and I, we were there until 10:30 and man was I exhausted. I really enjoy cooking and entertaining, but there is absolutely know way I could do that everyday, its exhausting.
The girls were able to sit on Santa's lap, unfortunately I missed it (I was in the kitchen), but I have to remind myself I can't catch all of Ava's firsts. To top it off I forgot my camera too! So my good friend Melinda had remembered her camera and graciously stayed a little longer to take a couple of photos for me. Ava is actually awake and she didn't cry. I guess she is still to young to be scared by the old guy in a red suit! And now that I think about it I am not even sure what Trena asked Santa for. I better ask her when she gets home, as you can see I was really not in Mommy mode that night.
Here are the girls with Santa.
5 comments:
You guys really did a great job with the ward party - the food was really yummy! And having tons of leftovers is definitely better than not enough - thanks for working so hard!! :)
HO HO HO!! Sounds like a lot of work..but you had fun right?.
McCall still won't sit on Santa's lap and she is 11. Funny what kids are afraid of huh?
")Carla
Hey Kim, Sounds like fun and lots works. We had our ward Christmas party too and they had a Santa clause and Arianna just looked at him, normally she loves smiling at people, but she was not too sure about this Santa Claws person. Take care
Merry Christmas
Love Josy
What wonderful saints you ladies are!!! Sounds like you put a whole lot of effort into that dinner( but I wouldn't expect anything else from you!) Love the picture of your girls with Santa! So cute! Yeah the only mode I'm in is sleep mode... Still not sleeping though.
Hey Kim,
I miss you guys! I hope everything is Fine with you and your family.
Love
Josy
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