12M ~ January 2020

Happy New Year!

They all made it to the the new year!

12M ~ December 2019

The annual New Years Eve-A-Palooza!  I love the tradition of our annual new years sleepover with our friends!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  This is now the fourth annual New Years-A-Palooza!  It's always fun and having the big sleep over means welcoming the new year without anyone having to drive home after!  Next year we'll have one more little girl in the mix and we can't wait!

The gang ~ 2014

It's always nice to get the grown ups in a few pictures too!  And we do them first thing so that we have the rest of the day/night to relax and enjoy each others company!

Baby Zoey stayed put!

Every year the menu changes slightly - we decided to keep it simple and stick with what works.  Lots of pigs in a blanket and other munchies!  It was really nice to not have to worry about planning a sit down meal.  The only problem this year was that there was probably too much food.  We'll work out the kinks for next year!  I was excited to try out my new fondue set though!

And it wouldn't be New Years Eve without our annual fireworks display and sparklers.  It was freezing cold (about 15 degrees) so we didn't light all of them off.  Plus the grown up boys were having issues with the lighters not working to light the fuses.   

Brian helps the boys light their sparklers!

After the fireworks, we had some dessert (chocolate fondue and some yummy pastries!) and let the boys toast the new year with some sparkling cider!

Then it was time for the kids to hit the hay and for the grown ups to have a little fun.  We played Cards Against Humanity and toasted in the New Year with champagne.  There is no better way to ring in the new year if you ask me!  May 2015 be the best year yet!

Happy New Year!

This is our third annual New Years-A-Palooza, and this year we added two munchkins (Owen and Isabella!) to the mix of children.  So if you want to do the math, it's 3 couples, 10 kids ages 8 years to almost 4 months old, NINE boys and (finally!) ONE girl!

The Gang ~ 2013

We decided that it was best to get the pictures out of the way first thing to try and eliminate any whining.  It also helps to bribe them with dessert and sparklers for good behavior.  Ha!

The goal was to get a picture of all three together and have smiles all around.  Challenge Accepted!

The Momma's

We decided to make things easier this year and instead of making a big meal we put out lots of have munchies and I made dough for homemade pizzas.

For some reason the kids always get the dinning room!  Homemade cheese pizza and Shirley Temples!

We ring in the New Year early with the kids by setting off fireworks and letting them swirl sparklers.  

Ready for the show!

Pretty!

Waiting to light the sparklers!

A little night time sledding for the older boys!

Cheese!

Sparklers!

After the fireworks show, it was time for the kiddos to go to sleep, after all the fun, they all surprising went to sleep without issues.  Evan gave us the most trouble, but we only had to go up twice before he got the message that it was lights out!  Once the kids were asleep it was time for some grown up fun - drinks and board games!  We rang in the new year with a champagne toast and then it was time for all of us to hit the hay, because even though we were up late, the children would be up early!

2013 was a great year but we are ready for what 2014 has in store for us!

New Year-A-Palooza

Happy New Year!  Again we hosted the second annual New Year-A-Palooza and it was a blast!  It was a lot colder than it was last year and this year we had some snow.  The kids (and even the grown ups) had a great time sledding.  We had a feast of homemade Chinese food and lots of yummy desserts and munchies.  After dinner we all headed outside to light some sparklers and set off some fireworks!  It was freezing but the kids loved the fireworks!

Sledding fun!

Thomas wasn't so sure about the snow!

Cameron always smiles for me!

Evan was having fun watching the big kids play!

We got this HUGE inflatable ball from the Mailloux Family and decided to take it for a test run in the snow!  Even the grown up boys took a turn rolling down inside the ball.

Brady went first and fell out...the grown ups figured out the technique.

David taking a turn!

Brian after rolling down the hill in the ball

The kids playing a little Just Dance 4 before dinner

Nicholas with his sparkler

David showing off his sparkler

Fireworks!  Happy New Year!

This took a bribe of dessert, and noise makers but no get together is complete without the picture of the 8 (soon to be 9 once Baby Stack #4 arrives!)  boys!

After fireworks and dessert it was time to let the kids wind down with some TV and then it was off to bed.  And with the kiddos in bed it was time for the grown ups to have some fun!  Drinks, laughter and lots of fun!  We turned on the countdown at 10 minutes to midnight and toasted the new year with champagne!

I may or may not have had 3 glasses of Sangria...

We stayed up way later than I have in a LONG time but it was a lot of fun just hanging out just the grown ups!  Even though I am sure we could have chatted the night away, the fact remained that the children would be up at the crack of dawn and we were correct.  Thankfully they were able to entertain themselves quietly in their rooms until finally at 6:50 I told them they could head downstairs.  I made a HUGE breakfast and then it was time to get dressed so we could head out for some more sledding before everyone headed back home to recoup from the night before!

Scott got some nice lift on this run!

We saved the parachute fireworks for the morning so the kids could see them fly!

Brady and David had the most fun sledding!

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2013!