Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Toy story

Our friends' annual holiday party, which brings in lots and lots of toys for needy kids, was a raging success again this year. It's crazy to see how this party has grown from seven of us sitting in the living room of a two-bedroom apartment in 2002 to...this:


This year, the party featured...

4 kids, including my two favorite sisters...

Incredible food, as usual:

The debut of this year's addition to Paul's Christmas sweater
lovingly crafted by my mother, who realizes it's kind of a joke:

More than $1000 in donated toys, including a Jay Cutler action figure
and Easy Bake oven, which I opened...

...and this breadmaker, which has regifted itself through our group of friends for the last six years but, to my knowledge, has never been opened.

1 comment:

Linda said...

Man, I miss the annual Christmas party! It is always so much fun. I can't believe how much it has grown. Plus, I love the fact that you all have kept the Toys for Tots tradition alive. Who knew it could be so much fun to give to charity? Food, as always, looked amazing. I'm just going to have to get the peeps here in KC doing something similar. But not this year... :)