Finding a "free night" to hold our dental office Christmas party this year was so difficult! It seems like after Thanksgiving, everything is in fast forward and every night has been called for by one activity or another! But I'm so glad that we put forth the extra effort to find a night that would work for everyone. It was so great to spend a few relaxing hours together chatting about life in general, eating delicious food catered by Goodwood, and watching our kids play together.
And this year...Clearwater had a couple extra special visitors join us for the party! Santa and Mrs. Claus came to see us! Addy wasn't quite sure what to think about the whole thing...
But she sure was happy with the candy cane!
Lainah had a few extra items that she was hoping for, so she had written a revised Santa's list and brought it to the party just in case he showed up. She was SO excited! Santa and Mrs. Claus were so sweet...they knew each of the kids by name, and even remembered a few things about each one! They remembered that Lainah loves to dance and wanted some ballet shoes and a ballet dress for Christmas...the look on her face when they mentioned those things was priceless!
Lainah could talk of little else for the next couple of days...she just loved visiting with Santa.
A few years ago, Matthew sat on Santa's lap and Santa exclaimed, "Well Matthew! Have you been eating bricks!?!" We sure do love our big hunk of a kiddo.
Santa and Mrs. Claus remembered that Matthew loves to read science books and likes spiders...so they asked him a few questions and had a good discussion with him about different kinds of spiders.
Mrs. Claus was excited to talk to Brooklynn because they share a common hobby...knitting! Brooklynn asked for some more yarn for Christmas, and she was talking to Mrs. Claus about it all while Santa listened.
And they both had Rachel laughing after a few minutes...they congratulated her on making the cheer squad...and for setting her goal of straight A's for the semester.
Santa was so awesome with Taylor! He reminded Taylor that he had set a goal to be finished reading the Book of Mormon by June...and getting his Eagle Scout by June...and finishing up with his Duty to God for his age group by June...so that he could get his drivers license. Love that Santa!
And sweet little Emma had just fallen asleep before our visitors from the North Pole had arrived...so here she is, her first picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus...fast asleep and snuggled up in her carseat!
After visiting with each of the kids and before they left...Mrs. Claus read "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
These two are wonderful...there couldn't be a better Santa and Mrs. Claus...
And we loved having them visit the Clearwater team and families for Christmas!
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