Breaking Dawn

Vampire Partay! {or werewolf party, depending on your preference!}  My friend is a bit of a maniac fanatic for the Twilight Series.  With that being said, she wasn't going to let Breaking Dawn come out without throwing a huge bash first!  She went all out!  The food, the games, the decor! Everything Twilight!  It was a blast and a fun Girls' night!

Albright Christmas

This year, my mother in law decided to have a progressive dinner for our annual Albright party.  It was such a hit with lots of good food, good stories and good times with some of my favorite people!

House #1: Curt & Ashley's
Story: The Gingerbread Man

 Curt was hilarious!  He had us all laughing!

 the kids making their gingerbread houses

House #2: Daryl and Lynessa's

Story: Stone Soup

Grandma read Stone Soup and had us all chiming in on , "Soup from a stone?! Fancy that!"

Archer trying his hand at the pinata

Caden gave it some good whacks.

and just before Lexi took a swing it broke!

House #3: Our house

Story: The Christmas Story

We ended up at our house for a hot chocolate bar and some yummy dessert.  We watched the video of the Christmas Story and finished off the night with the cousins doing their book exchange.  

Annual Standage Party

As always, the Standage {Clint's Mom's family} Holiday Party was lots of fun!  Due to rain, the trains weren't running this year which the kids were bummed about.  But we did enjoy a visit from Mr. S.C. himself!

Lexi and Caden happy as can be...

...Archer on the other hand; not so much! 

He was much happier outside riding the Jeep with Piper!

The Albright Clan {minus the Mississippians}

ugly sweater party...

We've been to several fun holiday parties this year.  One was an ugly sweater party which was such a blast!  Here's what Clint and I ended up wearing:

{Clint's sweater reads: "May your holidays be bright" and mine had some built in pouffy shoulder pad sleeves...gotta love it!

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with my family this year.  After the feast, my Mom planned "A Minute to Win it" for us to play.  I have to say...it was SO much fun and everyone could participate {just scaled down slightly for the kids!}

Here's a few photos I took before my camera battery died:

Clint seriously couldn't stop "trying" A BIT DICEY til he got it.  It is a lot harder than it looks to get 6 dice balanced on a popsicle stick in your mouth for 10 seconds!

My Mom surprisingly did very well {maybe a little too good to make the rest of us wonder if she'd "practiced" a bit while planning?!}

Until next year...we'll be practicing all sorts of fun games to brush up on our skills!