New Years

We always celebrate new years eve.  It's, to me, a celebration of the past year and celebrating the fresh start of another year to come.  Plus, it's a GREAT reason to have a party :)

AND

The party is rarely at my house!  LOL

unless we have family up from Lisa's side of the family, we celebrate new years eve at Brandon's Grandma and Grandpa Kent's house.  It's pretty much the same every year, more food than the people there can possibly eat and card games of some sort going on between the adults with kids fending for themselves and occasionally zonking out wherever they may land.  

Here is Gabe all ready for a fun night of playing...probably house with his cousin, Katie

This would be the point in the night where Brandon's grandpa had to light the lanterns and everyone was scrambling for flashlights or phones to see where we were going because the power decided to go out on us..expected time to come back on...well, sometime after midnight.  

Bianca playing with Cadence

Brandon chillin'  

probably talking to them int he next picture

These are our friend Andrew and Todd.  Todd comes

to the party every year and Andrew has been gone for 

a few years, so he's missed it.  He thought it was way

cooler to become a Dr. instead of hang around Idaho.

But, we're glad he's back now!

Me and my girls.

So, some time after the above picture was taken and about 

11:30, we went home.  I can't remember the details now, 

but pretty much Kyla and her cousin couldn't get along and

I was done trying to figure out how to make them (I might

have been having a little PMS, who knows) So, with many

tears flowing, we headed back home....

But, we did watch the ball drop (although, we didn't see 

it..was it not there this year?) and had our happy new 

years toast of sparkling cider

Gabe wasn't so inclined to join us though, he put himself to bed.

And I have no clue where Hadley is and why I don't have any

pictures of him.  I"m pretty sure he was asleep too.  If I remember

right, he was on the couch and we tried to wake him up, but

it just wasn't going to happen.

The fire we had to build because our house was FREEZING

from not having electricity (that DID in fact come on before

midnight though)

The first pictures of 2011

Cadence was pretty tired by this point.