Saturday, January 16, 2010

december recap: the parties- oh, the parties.

so... being with child is quite the event by itself. add the holidays and you can only imagine how crazy things got for the taylor home. i have made a small recap of the month's parties for cade and i to look back on and remember this whirlwind of a december. some have pictures, some don't- but they all have great memories.

in no particular order, the holiday season was celebrated the following ways...

the woolf family party: held at granny's church. festivities included a great meal, fun games and a few rounds of warball to close the evening out.
the taylor family party: held at ray and leslie's church. festivities included pizza, gift exchange and chasing kiddos.

the bullough family party: held at some elementary school. festivities included a nativity reenactment, white elephants and feats of strength.

my first baby shower: held at cha's house. festivities included catching up with old friends, examining a pregnant belly, and recalling how great we all were in high school.

the cousins party: held at sariah and mark's new house. festivities included singing carols, a fabulous vegetarian-gluten free meal and gifts.

the cougar crazy party: held at dan's house. festivities included a short dance party, competitive splash and carols, of course.

the lamont baking party: held at lynette's house. festivities included sugar cookies, divinity and toffee.

dave and emily's party: held at hire's. festivities included seeing the lights downtown, taking sentimental pictures and eating a few burgers.

the bullough family christmas eve: held at randy and leslea's house. festivities included enough prime rib to choke a camel, headlamp show and games.

christmas morning: held at mom and dad's. festivities included great gifts, fabulous surprises and happy kids.

the lamont family chirstmas breakfast: held at grammy's. festivities included the finest spread of breakfast eats this side of the mississippi, gifts and naps. (i am not happy with the face i am making in this shot, but you get the idea... )

luke and sammy's party: held at blake and danielle's. festivities included the annual slide show, cade and sam improv, and recalling the t-wolf days.

xactware christmas party: held at thanksgiving point. festivities included setting up, winning a kindle, and enjoying the end of christmas party planning for work.

bullough male bonding party: held in an ice hut. festivities included fishing, drilling holes and searching for hoagies.

annual ikea party for mandy: held at ikea. festivities included shopping at ikea for 6 hours, eating a feast of meatballs and loving some good quality girl time.

new years eve party: held at randy and leslea's house. festivities included quizzo, food of all sorts and games galore.

now you can see why i neglected my blog for so long. no worries, i am back with more info than ever. stay tuned...


7 comments:

Jessica Madsen said...

I see a few familiar faces at those parties. Looks like tons of fun. You have been busy!

LAINA said...

What a busy month. How did you ever stay alive being pregnant during all of that. I am glad you did stay alive by the way.

Megan and Greg said...

Man, you guys were busy. Greg's gonna be so jealous when he sees that Cade went camping in the snow/ice. He talks about doing it all the time. I'm so glad I got to see your belly!!! You look so great! Can't wait to see your little one! And, as always, loved your video. We discovered Bright Eyes Christmas Carols on our IPOD this year and I'm pretty sure we got that from you guys!!!! Thanks again. I had no idea what wonderous music we were getting from you guys that night. Was that the last night we saw you? I have no idea.

the Eggett's said...

Ashley, I saw that you are reading These is my words. I love that book. LOVE that book. The second one is not as good as the first in my opinion, but I hope you enjoy it. I didn't realize until the end of the book that it wasn't actually a real journal, . . . but still good. Hope all is well!

Abby said...

You were busy busy busy (said in the bad guys voice in Frosty). Thanks again for taking those great pic's. You forgot a party though: Shafer's 30th at Red Lobster. My favorite was that after dinner we sat in the food court at the mall till we were practially asleep and then stumbled out to our cars and Cade says, "So we aren't going to a movie then?" That guy is always up for a party.

Christina (Cha) said...

I love getting together to talk about how great we were. Nothing better.

~SHERI said...

Ikea meatballs.... mmmmm....