Happy New Year!

We rang in the New Year together.

At exactly 12 AM Mountain Standard Time.

That's a first for our family. ( Everyone is old enough to handle it now!)

When our oldest kids were little we were known to celebrate at 9pm pacific time (where we lived at the time).......it was midnight on the east coast.......right?

Regardless of the time we've celebrated there's been one thing that stays the same.

We dance!

Chicken dance to be specific!

This year was no different.

Then we turned on other fun tunes that we all love and really let loose.

There was; 

country swing

Two step

Waltz

Moon walk

Charleston

Break dancing

Robot

Rodger Rabbit

Running Man

Hammer Time

Foxtrot

YMCA

Russian folk dancing

Disco

You name it we probably danced it.

It's a tradition we (I) love.

We  played;

Mario Kart

Skylanders

Disney Universe

&

Stratego

We ate:

Lemon Buddies

Chocolate covered fruit sticks and cinnamon bears

shrimp

gardettos

pizza

M&Ms

Kisses

Chips

Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks (for the adults)

Chocolate cookies with fluff in  the middle (from Germany, for the kids or so I've been told, but I really liked them too.)

We drank:

Sparkling Cider

IBC Cherry-Limeade

Egg Nog

&

Water

So much junk but oh so much fun!

Good times were had all around!

We even put together a puzzle featuring the St.Louis Arch.

This girl didn't feel so great.

She said she felt like she did when she was getting pneumonia and she was speaking in church the next day. So instead of playing with her friends/cousins she played with us.

We're so glad she did.

I hope our playing didn't set back her recovery.

I hope this year will be a happy one for each and every one of you.

I hope you find yourself challenged in a new way and rise to the occasion.

And when it's all said and done I hope you'll be happy with the person you've become and the new things you've learned and accomplished.

I hope you find peace.

I hope you have love.

I hope you smile every single day.

I hope you find joy in your story.

Here's to new beginnings and the promises of greatness in a new year!