GABY Update: Christmas Party!

Last Sunday, we had a Christmas party for our youth group meeting. We had plenty of cider, cookies, and salsa con queso with nacho chips to go around (Feliz Navidad!). Our first game involved unwrapping a present, the roll of a dice, and some violence. Here's a picture of Evan punching his way through a box:

And Greg, realizing there is yet another package inside:

Fun game! In order to get a shot at opening the present you had to roll doubles as Sam walked around the circle with two dice and a platter to roll them on. After rolling doubles, it became your turn to try to open the present. The first catch was that you had to put on a Santa had and a big, thick pair of gloves before you started on the box. The second catch was that the box started huge and easy to open, but inside the first box were ten more boxes-- each successively smaller and more difficult to open. Because it's not easy to unwrap with bulky gloves on several new tactics were employed, including biting, punching, and body-slamming.

After that we had a white elephant gift exchange. I lucked out and got a sweet flying disc thing. I gave a yellow, light-up, smiley-face sphere lamp do-hickey. Yes, it was sweet. Some of the more memorable gifts were: a 10-year-old toothbrush holder and used toothbrush, a frozen t-bone steak, and a plastic bag filled with water and six live shrimp (bought for $0.06 each at Wal-Mart).

Finally, some of the girls decorated a ginger bread house. It actually turned out pretty good. See for yourself:

Praise God with me because we had 18 high school students show up for the party, including two new visitors.
Now that's a gift to get excited about!