A HIP HOP HAPPENING GOOD TIME

Wow. What fun we had at our holiday party on Wednesday night!

How exciting to kick back and have fun with so many in good company members.

It was such a rewarding experience to see so see our amazing and strong community and to have the chance to celebrate in good company.

We are very clear that we owe everything to our members and we are so thankful for all of your enthusiasm and graciousness. It is such a gift to witness how many of you have strong independent relationships with each other and how much admiration and respect you have for each other. And Amy and I consider ourselves very lucky to get to know and work with you all!

A BIG thank you to Betsy from ninecakes for the delicious cupcakes. They were amazing and the talk of the party. Betsy's cupcakes are divine tasting and the perfect size to sample all the amazing flavors...the ginger was to die for, the peppermint was amazing, and I apparently wasn't quick enough to get one of the mayan chocolate flavored...next time!

And, another BIG thank you to our expert gift wrappers and gift donators. Through the gift drive, our community contributed 50 beautifully wrapped gifts for the teen girls served by Step Up Women's Network.

And, for those of you who wanted access to the music that was playing, I upload much of the mix to the itunes iMix section (click music, then iMix) you can search under "IGC Holiday Mix" to find it.

We ended up getting too distracted by the conversation and good times to take as many pictures as we had wanted, but here are a few: