The Best Kind of Ugly

Christmas sweaters! There are a gazillion of them and what one person may see as adorable, there are those of us who see it as the perfect ugly sweater for a party! And that's just the kind of partying we did with our LIFE Group on Monday night. Too much fun!!

**Please don't be offended if you see one of your beloved sweaters in these photos.**

Me & My Handsome, Tacky Husband =)


Our wonderfully tacky friends!

Vance & Molly


Jon & Stephanie


Jason & Rebekah


Eli...such a deep thinker in his pretty snowflake vest.


Justin & Sarah


Mary-Hayden & Isabella

This was Isabella's reaction to "Look at the camera, say cheese." She said, "NOOOOOO!" Love that girl!

And because the back of both mine and Mary-Hayden's sweaters were so much more awesome than the front, we had to get a picture.

Look closely, Mary-Hayden's animals have actual tails...awesome!

And winner of the tackiest outfit of the night...CR! (Here with his lovely wife Tara.)

Check out those red pants! CR found them in the women's section at the Salvation Army and was pretty proud of the fact that he is a women's size 14 - said he even tried them on before purchasing them, bet that turned some heads!

In fact, three of the fellas were wearing women's sweaters. Can't you tell?


First we played the present stealing game, "Dirty Santa," which we learned is called "White Elephant" here in the Northwest...lame. Derek came home with a box of coal. Well, not actual coal but a box of black bubble gum, ha! I got a really neat new dice game called "Pass the Pigs." Fun!

Then we played a rousing game of Pictionary - Christmas Carol Edition.

Isabella got us started.

Here you can see that beautiful smile she was hiding earlier.

Most abstract of the night...this one. Can you guess what it might be?

If you guessed "Santa Clause is Coming To Town" you guessed correctly. Only Vance will know the true interpretation of his artwork.

CR was pretty creative to get the guys to guess "Let It Snow."

See it? Lettuce + Snow = Let it Snow

I didn't get a picture of it, but I had to get my girls to guess "O Come All Ye Faithful." So what did I draw? A geyser shooting up in the middle of Bethlehem. Nice, right? Our new friend Carole guessed it and I was so proud!

Here's a random group shot that I think pretty much sums up the night.

Everyone is smiling and laughing and just having a merry ol' time. That's what life is like with these incredible people. We love our LIFE Group and we're so lucky to have such amazing friends. They are a blessing and we are so thankful for them!