12.27.2008: Christmas Cookies & Party Prep

On Saturday, the guys (Dad, Brent, Kenny, and Matt) woke up early to go play paintball with the cousins and some friends. Sounds like fun at first, but when they came back with welts all over their body, lumps on their head from getting hit, and looking like they just rolled around in gallons of rainbow paint....not so much! Yes, they came home looking like a million bucks...and feeling like it too, I am sure!! Either way, sounds like they had a great time!

The kids and girls...and Vince...stayed home to get ready for the party, cook the food, decorate the Christmas cookies, naps for the kids, etc. If you know ANYTHING about Durbins, you will know that it is not Christmas unless you have a Christmas cookie decorating event! This year the kids did it outside (since the weather was gorgeous!!) in the morning before the party. They took this task VERY seriously! We had to beg for smiles for the camera. After decorating as many as they could, and eating as many as we let them, the kids and Yukon played in the yard chasing Vince around. While the kids napped (Vince helped them), we cooked and got ready for the party....little did we know what a party it would be! Here are some pics from the day: