Monkey Tails: Devin's Christmas Party

Last night was Devin’s Christmas party. The big one the Sheriff’s office usually puts on was cancelled so the guys on his shift decided we would have our own! We met at Tamolly’s. There were 16 of us. There were seven kids total and they had so much fun. We all ate and then did a gift exchange. They did one of those Chinese things/White Elephant exchanges. I am not sure the kids all understood it lol Everyone wanted to open a gift I think instead of just being handed one from someone else. Aikman took a set of three Nerf Guns and Pippa took a Jello Jiggler kit with a Santa Pez on the front of the present. Aikman was so excited when he opened his. He had everyone watching him and opened a Nerf football. He yelled with excitement, “oh wow, I love this, a football!” I think he would have been heartbroken if someone wanted it lol Pippa opened hers and got a little stuffed puppy. How appropriate! Her little face lit up when she saw it and immediately hugged it tight and kissed it. Can my daughter be any sweeter? The adults then went and we did the men’s and women’s together. I got a snowman towel holder and Devin got a scratch off. He won $10! His Sergeant then gave all the guys a gift and it was so nice. They were all given a coin with the armor of God on it to carry with them or keep in their patrol cars. It was a very thoughtful gift and his speech he gave was very touching. Made me want to cry. His wife gave us all containers with homemade fudge in three flavors and some Turtle type snacks. Oh man it was awesome. I am going to have to give it away or Monks and I will eat it all. Devin also gave a dozen tamales to each family. Everyone was so excited! We all laughed so hard and enjoyed spending time together. It was a very nice evening. We all said our goodbyes and Merry Christmases and then left.

It was about 7:40 so we took the kids out to the state school again and let them see the lights. We then went to a nice neighborhood to look at some lights but hardly anyone had them up! We laughed so hard because Aikman said from the backseat, “ooh cha people, put up some lights!” Hilarious. We then went home and tried our fudge and then went to bed. We had a busy Sunday but it was great seeing our family in the afternoon and then friends in the evening. We are truly blessed.