Jess & Shelley's Christmas Party

Well, I haven't gotten any pics from Jess & Shelley yet but wait til you see them.  We started the night off with some cookie decorating with the kids and talked for a while.  Jake and Tracy didn't get to the party til late in the evening because Kody had a wrestling tournament (which he won, by the way, Kudos to Kody, he is now 13&0 in wrestling) and when they showed up, we played some games that were so fun.

First off - we played a reindeer game -  In this game you get into groups where some of you are the reindeer and the rest decorate.  We used NEW pantyhose to make the antlers and cut out a part for the face, then you blow up the balloons and stuff them in the legs (antlers) of the pantyhose.  Once you get the balloons blown up and the antlers fully formed you decorate them with ribbons and bows.   The team that does this the fastest and has the best decorated reindeer wins.  I should probably mention that Rick, Jake and Jess were the reindeer and the rest of us decorated and took pictures - HILARIOUS!

Next - We palyed a game where you blow up balloons and tie them to your ankle and then seperate into two teams.  Each team tries to pop the other teams ballons.  The team left with at least one player standing, wins.  I will admit, I was a loser both times we played this game.

Then - We played a game where you sit on the floor in circle around a present that has been wrapped in a ton of layers of wrapping paper and boxes.  You have one die that you pass around the circle and the person that rolls a 2 gets to move to the center of the circle and start unwrapping the present.  The catch is that you have to put on oven mits (with a blindfold - optional - which we chose not to use) and try to unwrap the present layer by layer.  The next person to roll a 2 moves to the middle and trades the person that was unwrapping.  They have to put on the mits and take over.  The person that unwraps the entire present, gets the gift inside.  The thing that made this so funny was that just as you got to the middle to get the mits on and start unwrapping, someone else rolled a 2 and you had to switch.

That was the night, hopefully pics will be posted soon!