Preparations....

Peanut butter pie was one of the tasty desserts Jess made. mmmm...
Cranberry sauce from scratch for the little individual molded salad cups she made. Yum!

Cheesey potatoes are all ready to bake.

I did ALOT of dishes that day...helping Jess with cleanup after she prepared the dishes.

Keith did some "deep cleaning" which he's great at!

After the food preparations were finished, Jess started making

her placecards to complete the table decorations.

Here are the name placecards all completed....it was

EARLY EARLY Christmas morning by that time. ;)

We were so proud of Jess and the nice dinner she prepared. She made all the food with the exception of the ham, which Erika Cropsey brought. We really enjoyed sharing Christmas dinner with her new friends. Everyone enjoyed themselves and, we had a great day together.

Lot's of great memories of Christmas 2008! (Thank you, Lord, we were able to make this trip!)