Grandfamilies Respite Night

Thursday night we got to go to the Grandfamilies Respite night. This is where they let all of the caregivers go and get a break to go Christmas shopping, go to a movie, whatever. Most of these people don't get opportunities to do that very often. I was going to help and the rest of the family came along. We had such a good time. I will be forever impressed with this organization.

The kids really loved doing all of these crafts.


Palmer loved his Pilgrim hat so much he slept in it and has been wearing it all today.

Look at this cute little Indian!

This cute kids Sammy for his eagle project collected stuffed animals and is giving them away to needy kids. They kids each got to pick a stuffed animal. It was fun to watch them for the rest of the night playing with them and naming them. What a great idea Sammy!

Here are all of the kids with the stuffed animals they chose.

We did the "hokey pokey" now when is the last time YOU did that!?

Madison is helping Hunter play "duck duck goose." The way we play it in our family is that everyone runs. They were a little lost when it came to playing the real rules.

Playing "duck duck goose" with the kids. You try running in a circle with a huge crown and sash on!

Lily wanted to try on my crown and sash.

The kids got to watch "Muppets in Space" and eat ice cream. Yum!

All of the kids got to make Christmas chains. My kids were in craft heaven.

Here is the whole group. I had such a good time with all of these kids. They were all amazingly well behaved and just great throughout the night. They are lucky to have so many people who love them.

This is sweet Madison. She had just had a tooth pulled so she wasn't too happy about being there at first. But she was so cute with our boys. She was great.