Craig and Claire's great Christmas Party!

Last night Craig and Clair had a Christmas/open house/housewarming party. They have really worked hard on the house this past year and it looks beautiful!  We bought some things for the party and came by early to drop them off and I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the calm before the storm!  The house looks great and we are really proud of what they have and continue to accomplish!  They have gotten to know a lot of their neighbors and some of them came by.  They invited friends from school, work and friends of Chip and Stephen. Needless to say, they had a lot of people!  In spite of the low 40' s temps, some of their friends hung out by the three fire places they had set up outside!  I would say the party was a huge success and we heard so many people talk about how perfect their house is for them!

The back yard!

I didn't take pictures of the party goers, just too many!  I did get a picture of Craig and Claire, Stephen and Marissa and Chip.  Ernie and Linda are Claire's parents and Jack is Claire's cousin.

Today we are going to have lunch with all of the kids and then a trip to see Stephen and Marissa's lot...they have just started building their house!

Love these kids..."Ain't Life Grand!"