ward christmas party

what a cracker of a ward christmas party we had this year! the bishopric went all out on the fun - and organised a giant inflatable waterslide (which we found out was even big enough for adults when our mate hamish decided to give it a go - so good!), a petting zoo and a food truck that served breakfast burgers, sausages in buns and snow cones. we were set!

it took a while to get joseph on there (he can be so shy and hesitant about things) but once he had a go, you couldn't stop him and the kids were having the time of their lives.

it was a super hot day, so they were glad to be getting wet and slurping down ice afterwards.

baby alex spent most of the morning cuddling with ashley, but was thrilled to have a feed under a nice damp towel when it was super hot. i always feel sorry for babies, they don't seem to heat and cool the same way adults do, but he made it through okay.

emily and i were in fits of laughter when we saw the petting zoo had goats, we have had a long standing joke about goats between our families, so we decided that getting some pics with the goats was an absolute must and we loved every minute of it. seriously, look at our faces - and that was when we had finally calmed down enough to take the photo!

awwww baby goats!

and one more for luck. awww. ♥

we even managed to get doug there - and he even looks like he's having a good time too haha.

when the heat got too much for anyone, the cultural hall had been set up kind of like a cafe, with gift wrapped tables (i wish i had have gotten a picture of that, they covered them with wrapping paper for a tablecloth and put a bow in the middle, with some christmas trees set up too, including a gingerbread tree, which you could of course eat the ornaments off. yummmm. i love gingerbread - and this stuff was delicious!

we had such a fun morning, i love that so many people in our ward make so much effort to make sure that people want to come to activites, because they look cool, they have great food and they are super fun. how lucky are we? 

merry christmas ellenbrook ward!