The Warrens

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Our New Years Eve celebration this year was similar to what we've done in the past few years yet different. We did go over to the Locke's to celebrate. We had a bigger crowd this year and we decided not to stay over night. But it was an evening full of football, Rock Band, eating and fellowship. Here are my pictures:

Katie & Brandi

Rebecca and Morgan sing together a Taylor Swift song

Michael showing off.....he actually did pretty good this way!!! :-)

The cutest band around

Was Matt trying to sing and play at the same time? What talent!

Matthew & Brandi

Such goofy boys

It doesn't take much for Michael to lift Christian

It's a different story when Christian tries to lift up Michael

Julianna just loves Mr Chris, her "lovie" and she giggled while they danced!

Katie & Juilanna (it's getting late - blankie came out)

Mind Flex was a game one of the kids brought over and all the kids enjoyed it

Morgan concentrating to keep the ball in the air

Rebecca gives it a try - she loved it

Ringing in the New Year

Daddy & Julianna -right at midnight...

30 minutes later....heading home!!

Gigi's Famous Tea Party

Each year, Gigi puts on a tea party usually for one of her granddaughters and their friends. There's also usually a big turnout of her friends and their daughters/granddaughters also. She had many different themes over the year that has ranged from The Nutcracker, to Rapunzel to Candy Land. This year, while Rebecca spent a week with them in the summer, she and Gigi came upwith the idea of doing the theme of Eloise, the girl who lived in the penthouse of a New York hotel with her Nanny.

Gigi called us to make sure we were all set with the plans and date and make sure that Christian and Julianna would get to stay, too. They had a great time - Rebecca and Christian being part of the acting in the party and Julianna a party attender. Here are some of my favorite pictures that were taken (I took the first 3 before we left and returned home - thanks to Crissy who took the others!)

Rebecca in her Eloise costume

Some of the decorations - this is Gigi's kitchen

One of the tables

The food

Eloise's room at the top of the hotel

Gigi explains things to the girls

Rebecca and her cousin Mary Harper

Rebecca got to paint her own nails. They had a station where the girls could go have their nails painted

Silly Mitch took advantage of the nail station, too

Julianna went with the rainbow theme!!

They set up this area where the girls could have their pictures taken with Eloise

Gigi and her crew of workers/actors

Julianna enjoyed being part of the party

Blakesly was Eloise's Nanny

We liked this - it shows how Nanny was stuffed!!

Christian played Bill, one of Eloise's friends and Mitch and his 2 friends were the bell boys

Eloise and Lydian and Madeline, who the party was for

I thought this was cute - the Warren boys who were not part of the party - Brett & Keaton

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Christmas with the Warrens

We got to spend a little time with the Warrens after Christmas. We were able to have "Christmas" with just Grumps & Gigi and then have a wonderful afternoon with all the family. Here are some pictures