Family Christmas Party

Sunday, December 21, 2008. This year Matt and I had the wonderful opportunity to host the Cathy Kirkpatrick children/extended family/friends Christmas Party. The family has grown so much over the last few years that we no longer fit into Cathy's living room. Not only do Cathy's 4 children have their spouses (4 more) but they also give her 12 Grandchildren. That's 21 just of the immediates. And this year we added Kathy, Shayla, Ava and The Mendoza Family bringing our total this year to a Grand 30 people. The party got underway about 4 pm when all the guests arrived and started to visit. The kids were all so excited and so happy to be playing together while at a Christmas Party.

We ate a wonderful pot luck dinner provided by everyone :) and just as we were finishing up dinner - there was a knock at the door... who could it be? It was Santa - Santa Claus was here - he was at our family Christmas party! Santa came right in and began to visit with the kids - I don't know who was more excited to see the Jolly Elf the kids or the parents. Santa came with a gift for each child and even let both Grandma's sit on his lap. This was the first time that Santa came to our party it was so enjoyable and so memorable that I hope he can visit us each year going forward. After Santa was on his way to visit another family's party - Grandma Cathy gave out the gifts that she does for the kids each year. This year the girls all got super cute PJ's and the boys got sports clothing. When everyone had changed into their new clothes one adult from each family played a gift exchange game, it was so much fun to watch. And Matt got the gift of a nice warm throw for our family. The party was a great success and we had so much fun hosting it. Thank you to everyone who was able to come and enjoy this wonderful holiday season with us. We are so grateful to have you all in our lives and we wish you and yours the best this holiday and into the new year. - The Osborne Family