Christmas Markets and a Party

I have lots of pictures again, so give them time to load up. :)

This first set is of our recent Christmas Market excursion in Stuttgart. Some of you probably have seen these already, this is for the benefit of those of you who have not. Skip on through to the newer Christmas party pictures if you've already seen these. :)

The weekend before last we took a quick trip downtown to do some Christmas shopping. It was SOOOOOOO crowded!

But at least we got a quick taste of som Kinderpunch... which is the main reason we went. HAHA!

Elizabeth enjoyed her Pommes (French Fries).

CHRISTMAS PARTY!!

On Friday, we had our Church Christmas Party. As usual, it was a blast!! The pastor and Mrs Thornsley had the "Busnauer" cater for us so all we had to do is bring in dessert. The food was yummy!!!

After dinner we did our gift exchange. First the Children!
Here the Pastor is telling the children about the true meaning of Christmas while they wait anxiously to be given their gifts.

Elizabeth receiving her gift.

All the children piled around while each one unwrapped their gift.

The dads had the job of de-packaging the toys. LOL

Then we had the adult's White Elephant gift exchange. The fun begins!!
Dennis was the first by pulling the number 1 out of the basket!

Showing off his gift in case anyone wanted to "steal" it. haha!

The first gag gift of the night... notice the toilet paper and plunger! HAHA!

We had a whole lot of fun this year. There was no limit on how many times gifts could be stolen, so several items passed through many hands!

The infamous "duck"!
This gift is in the exchange every year and it's the gift you "dont want!"

While the adults were playing... the little ones kept themselves company playing with their new toys!

Merry Christmas from all of us!!!