USAA Christmas Party

Last Saturday night was USAA's Christmas Party. It was our first time to join the big event. We supposed to go last year but we went to California, so we missed it. Anyhow, the party was spectacular. Great food and awesome entertainment. I thought the Las Vegas theme was pretty cool! Plus, guess who performed that night? It's Huey Lewis and the News! Have you ever heard of them before?

My simple outfit that night. I was going to wear a dress but I change my mind...lol!

Hubby and I sat really really far from the stage...nyahahha! Gosh, it's really hard to find a seat near the stage. I'm guessing, there are more than 10k people during that night. USAA rented the whole Alamodome just for that event. Not to mention, USAA has 25k employees.

Akesha stayed at the daycare center near USAA. She had a blast playing with other kids. The party lasted until 11:30 pm. It was a great night!

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The Weekend Synopsis

How are you guys all doing? I hope y'all had a great weekend. Our weekend was ok. Last Friday night we went to Sprint to upgrade my phone. Thanks to Santa because he got me an early present this year. Saturday morning we drove to Parker Uniform to get new pair of pants for Akesha, then we went shopping at Walmart, stopped by at Elf Louise and do some volunteer works, and at night we went to USAA's Christmas Party. We had a blast at the party and got home super late like past 12am I think. That's why we spent the whole Sunday at home chill'n. Sunday evening we went to watch Jack 'n Jill at the movie theater. How about you? How's your weekend?

These photos were taken last Saturday at Elf Louise Warehouse. This is the "volunteer" thing I mentioned above. It's our first time to get involved in this 100% community based volunteer organization. Hubby and I have done a few volunteer jobs before but this one is new to us. Wrapping Christmas presents! The Elf Louise is a Christmas project dedicated to providing a little bit of joy to less fortunate children in our city.

The warehouse is huge. It's like a regular shopping store. Personally, this is probably one of the most joyful experiences my family can have - to bring joy to a child at Christmas! I'm glad we did it. We are looking forward to help again next weekend. It's an awesome feeling to help wrap and label the gifts for the kids. This is also our way to teach our daughter to appreciate the things that she have and to be kind to others.

Blue Monday, Mellow Yellow Monday, Green Monday, Ruby Tuesday and Orange Tuesday.

This is how it works:
- After the briefing, each assigned group will receive an envelope. Inside that envelope are labels, kid/kids name, gender and age, and a yellow slip.
- Go to the stock room and start shopping for toys. You'll pick 2 toys for each kid.
- Then go back to your table and start wrapping the presents.
- After wrapping the presents, hand the gifts to Santa's elf and return the yellow slip.
That's about it! And if you want to wrap more gifts, you are welcome to get a new envelope.

This is a completely NO MONEY INVOLVED, all you have to do is HELP wrap the presents.

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