Photo Time!

What a great party, but as always, it went WAY too quickly! Our family had a great time and Paul was wondering why we don't hold events like this more often. I said, "Honey, anytime you want to organize one, be my guest!" It was great seeing everyone, but especially Emma and Miles because it's been SO long! Looking forward to seeing everyone at the wedding in (yikes!) 7 weeks!!

Let  me know if you want to print any of these pics and I can send you the original files :-)

It was great!

Thanks everyone for a great party. The food was wonderful and the company the best. Thank you Beth and Denny for hosting again this year. Love you all! Be on the lookout for pictures (:

Update

I will also bring a quiche, small plates, and large napkins. 

Hope you are all getting ready for a wonderful and relaxing Christmas. I'm looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday. 

Party food looks like this:

Gail: Uncle Dan Dooley spaghetti, punch bowl cake, and olives. Also dinner plates, something to serve the punch bowl cake in, and cups for drinks, more forks and spoons.
Beth: brie and bread and lots of cookies
Morgan: cake balls
Paul: eggplant parmesan
Taylor: cheese and crackers
The Schluntzes are bringing cookies, chicken soup and the following: 50 bowls, 24 spoons, 24 forks, 40 small napkins. Just giving numbers because we should make sure there will be dishes/utensils for our food contribution.
The Smith's will bring mini cannolis and spinach, artichoke dip with chips. 

Please look the lists over and make what ever adjustments you think we might need. As people comment or email me their changes I will update the list. It looks like we could have as many as 28 people.

Keep the food comments coming

Check out what everyone is bringing -- under "Christmas is fast approaching." I just counted the numbers and it looks like we could have 28 people! How great is that! Looking forward to a great day!

I will get Mom and Dad and bring them to the party.

Recreate Apple Gang Photo?

 Some of us on Facebook have been joking about recreating one of our old family photos. Our favorite one so far is:

I believe the girls are all on board and no one has talked to Jake yet... I think the perfect time to attempt this could be at the Christmas party, although we may have to locate a picket fence? If we are all in agreement let's see if we can find clothing that sort of resembles (or is the same color) what we are wearing in this picture. 

Here's a funny photo to get our creative juices flowing and also a link to a fun Pinterest page on the subject. Let me know what you think!!!

Christmas is fast approaching!

Well everyone I have talked to is getting excited about Christmas. Our homes are full of shiny things, trees, and bobbles. The kids are coming home, packages are being sent, wrapping paper and Christmas cards are waiting to be used, and cookie smells are filling the house. Now the only thing that is missing is snow. (:

Have you decided what food you are bringing to the party? You can make a comment post or if you like you can email me directly.

I am looking forward to seeing you!

Change the date!

The party date has changed to Saturday December 28.

Same place, different date. Mark your calendars.

Origami Folding, Cousin's Christmas Party Style!

As you all should know by now I'm getting married in February! And if you got the joke on the Save the Date you may have put two and two together and realized that the theme for the wedding is origami! I'm not sure how many origami cranes I will need but I know it's going to be a lot... like possibly a thousand. I have hosted 3 origami folding parties with my friends and co workers and now I'd like to get you in on the fun! I will bring a bunch of origami paper to the Christmas party along with directions on how to fold an origami crane. If you could take a little time during the party to fold a few cranes for my wedding, that would be amazing. Looking forward to another great party!! Paul, Josie, Tessa, and Sam will all be in attendance again this year too :) xoxo Moo

2013 Party Date ...

Thanks to everyone who took the Doodle. It was an easy way to organize and find a party date. And the date is: Sunday December 22. Beth has offered her home again this year. Thank you Beth and Denny.

Think about what you want to bring for food and any new party ideas. Please check the blog often to keep up with what is happening.

A Great Party

I wanted to thank everyone for making this a wonderful party. Because of bad weather and loss of electricity it made Corey and Tim's place not the party pad this year. Beth stepped up and offered the Charles homestead. Thanks Beth and Denny for opening up your home!

The date, Sunday December 23, was well chosen, the food was fantastic, the photo booth a blast, and the closeness of the venue easy to get to. Thank you Morgan for posting the wonderful photos!

I love you all.

Party pics!

Thank you to everyone who made this party a success! I think we all agree this is one of the best parties in years! I'm looking forward to seeing everone's pictures! Love Moo ps. I have a lot more pics that I'm not posting, if you know I took a picture that you want just let me know and I can email it to you!