Every year we invite a few families over to help us ring in the New Year. M and I always make enough hors d'oeuvres to feed an army and our guests bring food as well. We end up with an array of yummy treats to nibble on all night long.
Spinach dip, sushi tray, tri-tip steak bites, cheese tray,cheese ball, veggie tray with humus, cheese dip...
7 layer dip, bacon rolls (not pictured), shortbread, pie,cream puffs, chocolate covered cookies, and lots of chips.
We let the kiddies run around, play, and watch movies upstairs. They come down every once in a while to fill up on goodies from the buffet. Aren't they cute? Not sure where L was for this picture.
The adults played games most of the night. We started out with Taboo which is a fun "think outside of the box" game. The boys were stomped hard by the girls, we tried not to rub it in too much.
After that we decided to let the boys play a game they would be good at, so we played Paradise City on the PS3. I got this game as a Christmas present from M this year. And before you say anything, just know that I have wanted a game like this since we played a similar one at a friends house over a year ago. It's a great racing/crashing game.
Our friends the V's.
Our friends the W's
Our friends the H's were unable to make it due to sick kids.
I forgot to take pictures of the hosts, silly me.
We had a lot of fun playing that for a while; the boys lit up like Christmas trees when it was their turn. After the racing, we played bowling, tennis and boxing on the Wii console.
Randy sitting while bowling.
He got some pretty good scores from his seat.
Becky looks great in this picture.
After that we decided to let the boys play a game they would be good at, so we played Paradise City on the PS3. I got this game as a Christmas present from M this year. And before you say anything, just know that I have wanted a game like this since we played a similar one at a friends house over a year ago. It's a great racing/crashing game.
Our friends the V's.
Our friends the W'sOur friends the H's were unable to make it due to sick kids.
I forgot to take pictures of the hosts, silly me.
We had a lot of fun playing that for a while; the boys lit up like Christmas trees when it was their turn. After the racing, we played bowling, tennis and boxing on the Wii console.
Randy sitting while bowling.He got some pretty good scores from his seat.
Becky looks great in this picture.
M lit off fireworks throughout the night and the kidsloved it. The kept asking for more and more.
About 15 minutes to midnight, I poured out some sparkling apple cider for everyone to toast in the new year. We tuned in to one of the local tv channels and watched the ball drop. I was surprised they didn't sing Auld Lang Syne but someone mentioned that most people don't know the words to it any more. I asked if anyone had any resolutions for the coming year, but no one had any. Guess it's just M and I working on ours. Although, not having resolutions makes it easy to keep them. Whether you have resolutions or not, I hope this year is full of wonderful experiences and blessings for you and yours. Happy New Year!
Oh the food... (You should have warned me not to look!) But sounds like an awesome party!
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