Christmas Party at the Ringel's 2008

Travis , Steph , Morgan , (Back) of Hallee , Venessa & Tylee and Dustin

My Nephew Matt and Alan

My Brother-in Law Travis

Mom (Kay) , Lisa , Brett and Sarah

Dad (Chris)headless body , Brady and his new Girlfriend Cassie

Brett and Sarah

This year we went to Venessa & Travis's house for our Christmas Party . It was on Christmas Day . We played the " Present Game" . This year we played a diffrent game that Steph had. (Usually we do the regular "White Elephant " thing ... But this year it was really cute & fun . . She read a story and when she said " Lefty" or Left we would pass the gift to the left and then also with the "Right". My nephew "Logan" is almost 3 and he was in the middle of the Present Ring... while Steph was reading the story and we were passing things left and right .. He was getting so mad ! It was hilarious ! He was holding his hands up and yelling " Stop" give it back ! I sat next to his dad "Dustin" and he yelled " Stop Dad ! don't do it anymore !! " we were laughing so hard ! at the end of the story you are stuck with what landed at you and then we open them up. I got a magnifying thing and then the trading began ! I traded with Sarah for a personal alarm for my jeep .. Trading is alot of fun ! Venessa's mom got the gift I brought ... a Mexican Marachie Band Calendar that I got from a friend at the post office ... It also had a day planner ! I threw in a new picture frame to make it a better gift ! Her face was classic when she opened it ! It was alot of fun ! We also played a drawing game too ... we all had a name that we drew from a bowl and you had to draw that person and then write your name on the back along with the name of your "subject" . That was a hoot too because Travis , Dustin , & Brady all have the same hair style and facial hair so they were so hard to figure out who was who ! although we do have a few artisits in the family so Everyone knew who Brett was because Sarah drew his eyes Huge and he looked cartoony ! I drew Morgan and everyone knew that one too but they were laughing because she was wearing a hoodie and I drew one on my picture... I drew it with stripes and her shirt with dots and it was the other way around ... she was laughing because her hoodie had polka dots and her shirt was striped !! my favorite was the picture of Logan ... it was a huge head with a stick body holding a car... we all got a huge laugh out of that ! Bryan needed more time for his though... he drew Venessa but she had no pupils. She looked like a zombie .. But Bryan told me that her eyes were closed.

We had lots of fun and everyone was nice to each other ...