Moore Christmas Please!!

So, another Christmas has come and gone and what a Christmas it was! This year I had the pleasure of singing with a group of women from the church. We performed at our Stake Community Christmas Celebration and we put a concert together at one woman's home. It was a blast and really brought a great spirit for the season. We had another concert planned, but unfortunately it was canceled due to snow- SNOW! I can't believe it's snowed in Raleigh 5 times already! Its going to be quite a winter at this rate.

The Moore family decided to start a tradition this year, so on December 18th we held our first annual Moore Christmas Bash. We had a white elephant gift exchange which brought out the creative side in everyone. We had gourmet soup, an old troll doll, homemade crafts, a Spongebob Squarepants pencil topper with a used pencil of course, a creepy Santa door decoration, moist towelettes, toothpaste, and more!

The most hilarious part of the evening for me was taking in all the ugly holiday sweaters. I'm proud to call you all my friends! The lucky winner of our ugly holiday sweater contest received a leopard print Snuggie. Let's just say, the competition got really "ugly". Ha Ha! Okay, sorry. Moving on...

The winner: Dan (the guy with the red sweater and crocheted bells that actually rang... awesome)

As the party died down, things got a little wild Mormon style. We busted out some of Nathan's bubbles. I can't remember what was said or what Lauren or Andrew did, but I remember laughing a lot. It was like being back in college- good times. P.S. That is a bowl on Andrew's head.

On a more lucid note, to bring out our inner child, Andrew and I decorated some graham cracker houses with our friends Ryan and Staci. Andrew apparently had no idea what a graham cracker house is supposed to look like, so his was quite original. This is what happens when you grow up in a house full of boys. I'm sure you can figure out which house belongs to Andrew...

For Christmas eve, our family went and slept over at Grandma and Grandpa Moore's house. We were joined by Alex, Audrey, Amy, and Alexandra (a French foreign exchange student who lived with the Moore's while Amy was in high school). We stayed up late eating, playing games, eating, watching movies, eating, and.... eating. I had such a great time- what a warm and cozy memory.

The next morning we enjoyed a delicious breakfast and opened up presents. Nathan wasn't quite sure what to do with his presents so we helped him a little bit.

Christmas Morning

Nathan's First Truck