Other Christmas Festivities...On Friday night, the kids went and spent the night at my mom and dad's house while John and I went to a Wine Sampling Party at our friend's , Pam and Travis, house. It was really fun. Each couple brought one bottle of red wine and one bottle of white wine. Then we numbered them and put bag's over them so that no one knew what brand of wine we were trying. Everyone made notes on paper of what they liked and didn't like. A couple of the wines were described as having a "bandaid" overtaste and smelling like dirty socks. It was hilarious. At the end of the night, whichever red and white were voted the best, the people who brought them one the pot of money. Each couple had put $5 into the kitty. And the funny, ironic part is that at the end of the night, John won both pots! What a good wine-picker-outer! We had a really fun time and met some really nice people. They were 6 or 7 couples in all.

Saturday night, we took the kids to our friends, Lance and Amy's house to celebrate Lance's 40th birthday. Amy made a wonderful meal, the guys played guitar, and we had a great time visiting. I have a couple of pictures to post from this later. Busy but very fun weekend!