The Haddoxes Ugly Christmas Sweater Party was a success on a number of levels.
First, Jimmy's bar that he installed in his basement is a masterpiece and a true inspiration to men who like basements, bars, beer and entertaining. It has got two levels, a tiled top, cupboards and shelves to hold liquor bottles, is constructed of solid oak, seats eight and was finished in three weeks. The pictures don't do it justice; congratulations Jim.
As beautiful as the bar is, the Christmas sweaters were equally hideous. Top prizes for Most Ridiculous Christmas Outfit go to: Melissa, for a God-awful children's Christmas Sunday school dress; and BJ, for a black and purple sweater-dress contraption with snowflakes sewed on. Most creative goes to Zane, who split a reindeer, with half coming out his back and the other half protruding from his chest.
Click here to see the entire photo album from the party.
It was also a great Christmas for Trevor, who opened so many presents he actually got tired of opening presents and called it quits about halfway through. But he has never been more excited, hasn't stopped playing with trains since Christmas Eve and--although he was scared of Santa and didn't want him coming in our house--is thankful for everything he got.
We put a stop to all the crazy traveling this year and it was nice to host, make dinner (grilled pork tenderloin with twice-baked potatoes and maple-glazed carrots) and kick everyone out in time to clean, relax and enjoy a glass of wine while Trev played with all his gifts. Sorry to everyone we missed and we hope you had a great Christmas.
Click here for a few more photos from Christmas.
I also wanted to post a portion of Dan and Erin's Punta Cana video I helped them make to give out as Christmas gifts. The couple was married in Punta Cana this spring and we took a bunch of photos from the trip, spliced in some video and created a 1/2-hour slideshow they could give to family and friends who also went on the trip. It was a fun project and thanks to Dan and Erin for letting me help.
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