Happy 2009!

New Year's was at my house this year and we all gathered around 6:00pm. We of course started with the food! Mom made mild wings, B-B-Qed LIL' Smokies, and swedish meatballs while the rest of us brought stuff to go with it such as: grape tomatoes, cheese, chips, olives, pickles, soda and so on. My brother-in-law also made some jalapenos bacon wraps (not sure of the name) and they were a big hit. Since the seeds were removed they were not very hot, but they were still a good hit!

After everyone was done eating the kids gathered around one table playing games such as Buckaroo, Jenga, Hungry Hippos, Cooties, and more. The adults played at another table and people like me got their butts kicked in hearts over and over again, but James of all people did pretty well and actually came in second most of the time. That lucky dog! Like always dad came in first I believe everytime and Brandi was right there with him half the time. Good thing Dan and I really don't care if we lose or not, because we traded of 5th and 6th place all night.

Everyone managed to stay up to watch the ball drop (at 11pm here) and most of us made it till midnight, including the kids! I was really shocked to see all four of my kids still up at the end of the night and they were all still in good spirits. The girls even managed to beat us all and stay up till about 1:00 am.

We do this every year and it never seems to get old. At the end of the year all that you truly have is your family and we celebrate the end of each year with the people that are always there and they always will be. I've heard before that the people you spend New Year's with will be special to you throughout the New Year, well that is true for me! Hope evryone had a magnificent New Year and will continue throughout 2009!