Mackay Madness: White Elephant Party

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

White Elephant Party

At the last minute, the Kehoe's decided to have a couple's night out and do a "white elephant" party right before Christmas. (Margo mostly conned Heather into having a party so she could get out of the house...ha ha ha)
Also, our good friends "the Morris's" were in town for a couple of days and we needed them there for the good laughs and old times!

Rick insisted on using the breast lifters that he recieved as his white elephant to use as "face" lifters instead!

Jason got the "shake weight!" Couldn't have gone to a more perfect person! ha ha ha

So, long before we ever moved out here, someone took a photo of Jason on one of the neighborhood cruises. Then, one year at the white elephant party, Margo had it put on a t-shirt and a tie! Well, Brandon fought to get that tie, and Chris came in a bit late and ripped off his jacket and there it was...the famous t-shirt again!!! Jason was dying. In the picture above, you can see that at another party Jason tried to cut it off of Chris. But thrifty ol' Christopher just stapled it back together! Oh, we laughed til we cried...literally!

After the gift exchange, the boys went out and made dry-ice bombs and shot each other with blow darts! So festive!

As the evening came to a close, we walked out to get in our car and some kind soul had tied this glorious wreath to the front of Brandon's car! Oh how his eyes gleamed at this glorious sight. We are so lucky to live in such a fun neighborhood and have such great friends! They are the gifts that just keep on giving and giving and giving! Hallelujah.

3 comments:

margo said...: There were some very funny "PICTURES" going around that night. Where were the pictures on the coasters???? or the other picture??? ha ha ha. I am still laughing about that night. What a fun evening... thanks for helping me get out of the house and feel the Christmas spirit. That was the one and only party for me this year:); January 20, 2011 at 2:47 PM
Lisa Erskine said...: What a blast! Ya, I too, was hoping you'd post the "other" picture...ya know...the good one!! Maybe some little hairy creature ran off with it!! :) It's great to laugh so much! Can't believe you took the beautiful wreath off your car...it's so Brandon!!; January 21, 2011 at 2:09 PM
jenn said...: Brandon and Chris in those get-ups...ba, ha, ha, ha, ha!; January 24, 2011 at 10:49 AM

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From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!