Northern Brown Christmas Party

At the party this year we had a carmel tasting. A lot of us use our Mom's carmel recipe, which I found out, that Mom got it from Aunt Nada about 45 years ago. Oh and by the way Nada tasted one of my carmels and she said I did a great job. Anyway, back to the party. So McKay, myself, Kanani, Alvin and Brant all made some carmel. It is so interesting how we use the same recipe,  but they all turn out a little different. Everyone's was great and it was fun to do.

The annual Northern Brown Christmas party was last night. This year was our turn to host. I have four siblings who live in Utah Valley and every year they have a little Christmas get together. We also have a brother who lives in Rock Springs who was able to come down since they are only a few hours away. Then there are also two nieces that are married that came as well. So there was supposed to be 38 people in all, but one brother and his family were traveling and were not able to make it. We missed Robert and his family. But he gave us a call to tell everyone hello and share some crazy news that their oldest Terence had just got engaged. So that was a fun surprise.

Anyway, so I think we had about 29 people in our home which is not the biggest group but some were a little late so we were able to eat in shifts. I was amazed that we got everybody in. We had breakfast for dinner this year, the food was yummy and I am grateful for everybody's contributions. Photo above, has in the back Lois, Ella, Larsen, Lindsay, Abbey, McKay and in front, back of head is Brittany and then Wade.

After dinner we moved downstairs to our family room for the white elephant game and another present game. Wade Peterson was the winner for the funniest white elephant gift. He brought a "Big Bull" DVD, not sure the name of it, it was some hunting video and it was in very high demand. Both Alvin and Shaye wanted it and Alvin was the winner with the last steal. Pictured above is McKenzie, Lindsay, Abbey, McKay and Kaleb.

To start off the games we had all the presents in the middle and Kaleb ran around them in a circle while everyone clapped. He is such a show off, he loves to have parties. We took apart our sectional and put the seat all against the wall to fit everybody in, and it actual fit everybody which was very nice. Again thanks for everybody coming we had a great time and I am glad I don't have to host again for a few years! Pictured above is McKay, Zach, Kanani, Scott, McKenzie, Sydney, Kelsy, Ashley, Shaye, and Wade.