Annual Chauvette Family Christmas Party

Last Sunday (Dec. 16th) we had our annual Chauvette Christmas party. My MIL is one of 7 brothers and sister. Darryl's grandparents have both passed away, but the family tradition has carried on. Every year one of the siblings take charge of planning the party. This year was my MILs turn. It was held at their local bowling alley's function room. The party was from 12-4 and then the family bowls for a bit afterwards.

Korrie, Darryl's cousin took family photos of everyone. I saw some of them, and they came out awesome! I can't wait to get my hands on them, so I can order some. We are long-overdue for a good family photo.

My MIL asked me to be in charge of crafts for the kids. That was not a problem! I ran off some Christmas color sheets, and threw some small projects together so they'd have some choices to choose from. The kids had a great time!

Santa came too, which was such a nice surprise! He even knew all the kids by name and passed out presents for them. Darryl was even chosen to be his Elf. When Santa was walking out, Hayleigh said to me: "Mommy, you know that is only Pepere dressed up". I assured her it wasn't and that Pepere was across the room. She immediately turned red and then realized, "Wow it really is Santa"!

We had a wonderful buffet of food, yummy as always. I made a bunch of desserts, and Aunt Louise made a gorgeous cake: All Because Two People Fell in Love. She had it decorated with every family member's name on a little circle, just gorgeous!

There were Minute-to-Win-It games, and as always....a trivia game. We cleaned up and finished out with a string of bowling. Another successful Chauvette Family Christmas!