Welcoming in the New Year

We were excited to welcome in the New Year and were even more excited to be able to spend it with family and some very close friends. This is the second year in a row that we have had the party at our house and it has been so much fun. To me there is nothing better than good food, friends, family, fun, and games!!! We had spinach artichoke dip, shrimp, sushi, pumpkin roll (that my visiting teachers brought that day it was soooo yummy), and much more. The kids had a lot of fun wrestling with grandpa and Uncle Eric (the kids absolutly love thier uncle eric and I think that he might even have more energy than them....how is that possible??). We played a game called "last Word" and it was sooo much fun eventhough I was not very good at it. You have to think fast and I just can't do that during the day let alone late at night. oh, well!!! The guys played a game of golf on the Wii and I think that Shayne likes it better that way cuz he can actually win. Mara is into her tongue and making funny faces (note her curled tongue in the pic above). She is such a cutie and we love her so much. We took pics of everyone right after welcoming in the New Year and then it was off to bed ASAP. I feel like it gets harder and harder to stay up every year. I must be getting old or something:) I hope that everyone had a great time on New Years and good luck on all your resolutions:)