for the last 12 years the "dickson girls" have gotten together to make ornaments.
we each come up with an ornament, make a sample & a kit for each person participating. so when you leave you have 4 to 7 new ornaments for your tree! we have so much fun!
Stephanie makes homemade hoagie rolls and we all bring good sandwich makings.
she also makes a great dessert!
there is usually more eating and talking then crafting!
Stephanie is the one that always hosts the ornament party and Dode most years runs the daycare! this year Sheri, Stephanie, aunt Viv, myself and our good friend Robyn and her daughter all came to the party. at about 8:30pm Dode announced to the kids that "we should send aunt Janice to go get Randy & Lisa's kids so they could spend the weekend!" so next thing i knew myself and four of Dode's kids where in their big van headed to Coupeville (an hour and a half drive) to pick up Randy's four oldest kids.
we got back to Arlington at about 12:30am!
i had already told Stephanie's girls i would have a sleepover with them so i ended up sleeping in the girls room with 6 fun little girls!
we got to bed around 2am! =)
(i had gotten up for work that morning at 4:30am)
6 comments:
Janice, you are the coolest Aunt ever! I wish I could have come to the party... :)
How fun! Next time drive down to Utah and pick us up too! ;)
What a fun idea. I hope we get to see everyone when we get up there this weekend. Plan lots of gatherings for us next week. My kids will be so excited if they get to see their "new" cousins.
What a fun tradition. You are a trooper to spend such quality time with your nieces and nephews.
The ornament party was so much fun!!! Thanks so much for inviting me.... it is okay that I missed the sleepover...I can handle the disappointment!
Janice, you are great. Thanks for loving my kids so much. It was a wonderful weekend for everyone because of your willingness to do that killer drive.
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