Happy New Year!

Let's just say I'm not known for my New Year's party skills.  More often than not I'm in bed asleep when the clock strikes midnight.  Last year Jenna was determined to stay up until midnight so Adam was the nice parent and stayed up with her.  This year we had guests so we decided to "up the program" when it came to our New Year's Eve party. Adam's parents are leaving on their mission to the Cape Verde Islands (located off the coast of Africa) on January 20th so they were doing their farewell tour and visiting all of their children one last time before they shipped out for 18 months.  It just happened that we were the last stop and they arrived on New Year's Eve.

Adam comes from a family of party planners so it was a bit ironic that they were at our house for New Years.  No pressure.  I put Adam in charge of the party and he did a great job.  We had soup and salad for dinner, played games and the guys were able to watch some football.  We even had snacks and soda in the basement for the festivities.  I know, definitely a special occasion.

 

At 11:00 p.m. we went back upstairs to ring in the new year with some crepes.

 

 

Nothing says "Happy New Year" like a yummy breakfast. 

When the clock struck midnight the fireworks were already going off all over the valley.  Apparently we have a lot of fireworks on New Year's around these parts.  Who knew?

Jameson was the only one who didn't get to stay up late this year.  I don't think he minded very much.

 

Ok, maybe just a little.

 

The next day we tried to sleep in as late as we could and just hung out for a good part of the day.  Around dinner we were just preparing our New Year's feast when my parents returned home from their 2 week trip to see some of my siblings.  They only came to drop a few things off for me but we invited them to eat dinner with us. 

 

The kids got to ring in 2014 with both sets of Grandparents.

 

 

What? I don't get to sit at the big table??

 

We look forward to hearing all about Gramma and Grampa's adventures in Cape Verde during 2014 and beyond.

 

 

Goodbye for now!