Christmas Parties!

Our internet has been down a bit this week (I found out due to a Charter upgrade), so that's why I've haven't posted thusfar!

We had a fun week last week! Admist the dealings at work, we had our CFA Christmas party on Thursday night! (12/10) Picture of us above.




For the past 2 years, we've done an employee only party, but this year, we ate at Catawba Country club for dinner and got to invite guests.




We played a game where each of the employees had to pop a balloon by sitting on it. (I had to cheat and use my earring!). Some had money in them and some didn't. It was quite entertaining because my co worker Mike popped two balloons with no money, so he had to go again. He jumped on one balloon for about a minute before it popped!




We had some of by boss Lori's friends play songs. We sang bits of everything, form Christmas sons to a few 80's.

Highlight of the night: My co worker Amber and Lori sang "Baby Got Back." (Lori had the song on her ipod.) We've seen Amber sing this before, but it's just as good the second time around!




We had a great evening of just relaxing with one another!

We discussed "love is not rude" for life group. It really applied to my life since that week, the phone run non stop at work! I know that's a good thing, but it can be very annoying when you're in the middle of concentrating. I've had to watch my tone of voice when I answer the phones to make sure I'm not conveying rudeness.




Saturday, we went to Chapel Hill to see Newton Conover high school football team play in the state championship. Our friend Greg is the offensive lineman coach, so we rode with his wife, Abigail and their 6 month old Lincoln. It was extremely cold and they lost terribly, but we enjoyed the fellowship!

Sunday, we went to the contemporary service, which we haven't been to in awhile. We alternate now between traditional and contemporary services, but haven't been able to go to the last two Sundays. Ther sermon talked about how we don't have the excitement of Jesus coming into the world.

In the afternoon, I went with Liz, Deda, my great aunt Peggy, and mom to see "Miracle on 34th Street" at the theater. Cute play! Jason stayed at home to make a cheesecake for the TNT Christmas party later that evening. We had lots of people show up and had great soup! We wrapped the presents we bough for our kids from the ALFA organization and did a gift exchange. The "regulars" of TNT were very excited to have such a great turnout!