December 28, 2008

Christmas overload...

Festival of Trees

These are some of our favorites...


The Grinch


The Glass Tree!! It was amazing!


I went with my cousin, Melissa and her cute kids!


And our absolute favorite...



Twilight! There was apples and chess pieces on the tree. And there was a gift for each member of the family! It was really cute and creative!


Angel Tree Shopping
We are so blessed to come from such a great family! Especially one that is so willing to give to others and fortunate enough that we can do that! We love getting together with all my cousins to go shopping for other children! It's so fun to pick out their clothes and toys and to give them a wonderful Christmas!














I love these people!


Gingerbread House Party!

We have started a tradition! Every year since we've been married, we have had a gingerbread party at our house. We love it! We just invite a bunch of people, we provide the graham crackers and frosting and we have everyone else bring some candy to share. It is so much fun! We also have a contest every year and vote on our favorite. We give out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes.



I didn't get pictures of the final projects, but everyone did a very good job! My sister got pictures, so maybe I'll post them later.
I got 1st place! Yeah!

4 comments:

Danielle said...

That looks so fun Mindy! I'm sad we missed it, but since its a tradition there's always next year!

Mel said...

You guys are so much fun! What a great tradition! You look so beautiful.

Our Ohana said...

What an awesome idea! I love the ideas your friends came up with! Our girls love to do gingerbread houses at christmas time too, but I'm lazy and always get the box set where th house is already made and they just decorate it! Maybe next year they will be old enough to get more creative with something like this, it looks like so much fun!
Miss you guys! - Sara xx

The Richardsons said...

You have to email me the pictures from that Cullen Tree! This really was a fun Christmas season with so much to do and give. And I love your gingerbread tradition- are you going to start burning them on new years like heather? lol