.christmas parties: round two.

On days like today, I realize we are lucky to have such wonderful friends and family. Tonight, our good friends, Zach and Dawni, threw a Christmas party and were kind enough to invite us. Also, my fabulous sister-in-law, Jenny, was kind enough to watch our little Livi while Ben and I enjoyed a night out.

We had a such a great time at the Haugen's Christmas shindig! They provided pizza, homemade cookies (soooo delicious), games, and good company. Ben and I didn't know anyone at the party except our fabulous hosts and had a great time getting to know everyone.

We played a game of Scene It (which our team won, by the way) and did a white elephant gift exchange. Some coveted white elephant items? A sombrero, some kind of foreign candy, a fuzzy Christmas blanket, and perhaps the best white elephant of them all: a dozen or more Red Dwarf VHS tapes wrapped in a duffel bag. ^_^

By the end of the night, both of us had made some new friends and plans for another get together were put in motion. A big thanks to Zach and Dawni (and Jenny, too)! We really had a great time.