Ballinger Christmas Party 2008

Here are some pictures from our Ballinger
Christmas Party 2008. We had a great time
talking about old memories. Uncle Dick
brought a few old things of his dad's for us
to see and that started a competition to see
who had the coolest things of their parents.
Uncle Dick had a knife he was given when he
was tall enough to reach the handle of a door
they had (I hope I got that right). He waited
a long time to achieve that. He also brought
an axe that Grandpa used when he went
hunting. I had a special guard over the blade
that made it unique.
Uncle Jerry pulled out a $100.00 bill that
Grandpa would carry in his wallet (Can I see
that?).
My Mom brought out her parents class rings.
It proved to be very interesting as more things
were produced.

Here is the Queen Bee (Mom) being Hostess.

We only had one kitchen mishap (sorry mom I

have to tell on you), she made coffee but later

figured out she didn't put water in the coffee

maker. In our house mistakes are aloud.

(Thank Goodness!)

Candi with Zach (her youngest). He wanted

that food so much. He had his arms stretched

out as far as he could straining to reach it.

It was adorable!

This is Candi w/ Zach, Dave, and Josh w/ Noah


Bad picture but this is Uncle Dick with my

cousins, Steve and Scott.



This is Aunt Barb (love those Punpkin Bars!)

and Sharon (married to Steve).


And now we have Uncle Paul with Jeremy(my

2nd cousin, son of Scott). Open your eyes Paul!

Sorry my picture skills have to improve.

Here is Lora (Paul's wife) and Uncle Jerry.

We had a ball singing karaoke that night. This

is Paul and Lora performing "The Lion Sleeps

Tonight".

Uncle Dick did a great job with "New York, New

York". Candi scored the highest with "The Rose".

I sang "You're the One That I Want" from Grease.

I wasn't sure that I wanted to do it, I kept passing

tha mic to mom. But I now want to know why we

haven't done this before. We laughed and sang

together and really enjoyed ourselves. It was good

to see people get out of their comfort zones.

I hope you enjoyed our memories!!

Believe God,

Jamie