My mom and I were hoping to only have to decorate one table for the Women's Christmas Dinner, but that is never gonna work out. We have too many people we love and want to hang out with.
I decided to change up things...the last couple years I've used my Old Country Rose place settings and then the centerpiece has been a nativity scene. This time around I decided to use my Let It Snow snowman dishes. It's hard to tell in the picture, but I had 3 snowman in the middle. They were surrounded by snow and I have fairy lights under the snow. It was really cozy looking!
I did have to go buy red chargers, but I was able to pick those up at The Dollar Tree. Each table hostess is supposed to provide a gift for each of her ladies. I ended up getting some cute dish towels that I hung on the back of the chairs...you can see them in the first picture. I also picked up these cute red reusable coffee cups and chocolate caramel snowman.
My sweet man is the one that leads all the men volunteers for the evening. It's a stressful evening, but he does a great job!
Pa was serving in the section that Ga-Ga & I were in.
My mom's table looked so pretty. I can't believe I forgot to get a picture of it.
The super sad part of the evening was that Ella wasn't feeling well. She had a headache, but she tried to push through. She got all ready and rode with us to the church, but then she couldn't even make it in the building she felt so awful. Michael sat with her for a bit to see if just resting would help, but it most definitely wasn't helping. I ended up taking her home. Justine came with me so he could comfort her. When we got to the house he had to carry her inside since she could barely move. I ran in the house and got a bowl for her and just a few seconds after Justine set Ella on the couch she threw up. We stayed for a bit so I could help her get cleaned up and changed into jammies and then we headed back to the church.
I love that some of the guys from youth group volunteer....Owen ended up being the lead for the buffet line. He did a great job!
My table was supposed to be full, but we ended up with having two empty seats. One was Ella's and the other was for my friend Stefanie who ended up not being able to make it. Left to right is....Mary, Addison, Christina, (Caleb is Christina's son and he was volunteering as a server), Anna, me and my friend Melissa. It was Melissa's first time coming to the Christmas Dinner and I hope she's able to make it again. She had a great time!
This was the first year that Zeke wasn't hanging out with the kids or at home...he's such a handsome server!
The dinner was yummy and the desserts never disappoint!
The person that was supposed to speak that night ended up having to back out so the Women's Ministry Leader, Gail, stepped in and spoke for the evening. The whole night was beautiful and fun.
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