This was my first Christmas on staff at Cross Point.  It very cool to work with such an amazing group of people.  Most people will give you run downs of what happens on Sundays or trips. I’m here to give highlights of what happened at our Staff Christmas Party.
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The Arrival

Wow… there are seriously a lot of us! even thought I knew pretty much everyone it was pretty intimidating to first walk into the room.

The Meal

Oh, dear god, thank you, you are such a good god to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating god, and we thank you oh sweet, sweet lord of hosts for the smorgasbord you have so aptly laid at our table this day, and each day, by day, day by day, by day oh dear lord three things we pray to love thee more dearly, to see thee more clearly, to follow thee more nearly, day, by day, by day. Amen.

What a great meal, I ate dessert first. I find that to be the most efficient way of enjoying any meal personally, plus who knows…if you start to choke on something a croak right there wouldn’t it be nice to be sure you at least enjoyed something at the meal? I digress. The meal was amazing though. Thanks to Cater To You Nashville, I would recommend you to anyone.

The Gift Exchange

This seriously is a kind group of people!  It seems pretty slow on the stealing of gifts, unless you were a gift card. I mean I stole a lot…In fact, I stole from Jenni Catron at least 3 time, all of which I blame on my wife. The best steal of the night however, came from the Cook family, as they teamed up to steal a gift from a reluctant Bergstrom family, who really loved their crayons.  Surprisingly enough, the gifts that sat without getting too much attention in the stealing were a very tasteful plunger and some duct tape (I mean seriously, it can fix anything) and a Your Best Life Now Board Game. A lot of other good gifts, ranging in populatiry from funny to “really?”.

I was a little intimidated after hearing about the legendary gifts that Jarrod Morris brings every year. And he didn’t fail to disappoint… what better gift for the holiday season than the 2009 Jarrod Morris swimsuit calendar. Pete ended up with it and though he tried to seem distraught about it, I have a feeling it’s up in his office already.

All in all the night was grea, My wife and I waled away with a fun gift, two books. One is Everything Men Know About Women by Alan Francis and the other is Violation!: The Ultimate Ticket Book by James Napoli. Both are great books, the one about women was a riveting read, I made it through the whole thing in 1 night.

Can’t wait until next year.

*the photo is from Blake Bergstrom’s twitter stream.

Short Addendium: For some more news from the staff party check out Brandi Wilson’s blog.