Last night's Advent Dinner (the reason why I wasn't there in the afternoon) was so nice! I host a table each year at this event and it's one of my most favorite nights of the year. While the purpose of the evening is to "unplug", take a step back, enjoy an evening with friends and remember the reason for the season, it's sort of an unspoken "competition" of table decor as well. Here was my table...
And....our guest speaker was Sister Mary Jo from Marian Catholic. She was a bit famous last year for throwing out the first pitch at a Sox game and ROCKING it, which led to her being nominated for an ESPY award from ESPN. She's just as adorable in person as she appears to be!
Super fun! Anyhow, today we have two other events. We adopted four families from the South Suburban Family Shelter this holiday season. Everything has to be wrapped and delivered to the shelter this weekend, so we are finishing up our shopping and wrapping today. Tonight is also the big tree-lighting in Homewood. We have a big booth tonight where we are selling baked goods, hot chocolate and hot cider. It's a big money maker for our organization (St. Joe's Athletics), so it's an all hands on deck type of thing. Everything needs to be set up and ready to go by 4:30. Busy day!
Hockey and picking up our tree are also on the agenda this weekend.
I love this weekend every year! What about you? What are you feeling good about?
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