MSTI Clinic Christmas Party

So, last Saturday the clinic had a Christmas party.  We had a lot of fun! Miss Sadie spent most of the party like this:

When we got there, the kids put name tags on and each got a ticket to put in a drawing.  There were several different prizes set out on a couple of tables.  Each prize had a cup in front of it where the kids could put there ticket.  So, they picked which prize they wanted to win and put their ticket in that cup.  The girls went for the Barbie's, Nathan went for the Lego Star Wars.  

There was a big room filled with tables and cake being served.  The kids each got their piece of cake and sat down to eat.   Here are the boys:

And the girls:  

And Lily took a picture of me and Kayla:

When the cake was done and several trips to the bathroom were made (they all never need to go at once. . . . we went into another big room filled with carnival type games.  There was a fishing game, ring toss, coin toss, bean bag toss to knock down a stack of cans, football throw, and Santa.

They kids went threw the games faster than I could get my camera ready.  Here is Lily at the ring toss:

And Benson at the ring toss:

Oh, I forgot to mention face painting.  

Guess who won the drawing for the Star Wars Legos?  Yep, Nathan!  It was pretty cool. :)

Benson was excited to throw a football:

Bryson and I had to divide and conquer a bit with the kids, so here is one of the doctors helping Kayla out with the football throw.  What made the party fun was seeing all of the nurses and friends their that we see at the clinic each week.  They all knew us and made the whole experience fun.

While we were in line for one of the games, Benson walked right up to Santa and sat on his lap. There was an elf taking pictures. :)  So, we were going to do a family picture, BUT Nathan and Kayla refused to be in the picture.  Ugh.  Lily and Benson were willing to, though. 

After we were finished in the carnival room, we went to the craft room.  There were several different crafts that the kids made.  I should have got a picture of Benson's snowman.  He was so proud of it that he was going up to everyone saying, "Look what I made!"

And right when we were ready to leave, Sadie awoke. So, the kids ate another piece of cake while I fed Sadie and then we went home.  

The kids had so much fun they were already talking about next year (although, Kayla should definitely be done with chemo by then, so I'm not sure if we'll be invited or not).   As I mentioned earlier, the whole party was even more fun because of the people who were putting it on.  It was nice to see everyone in a fun atmosphere where they weren't wearing scrubs and administering drugs. :) 

Merry Christmas!