Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! This year we rang in the new year with our good friends! It's the first time in a long time that we've even celebrated since usually the Doc has had to work. We did a mock new year with the kids outside, complete with sparklers and snaps! Thankfully it wasn't too cold, in fact it was pretty nice considering it was the last day in December!

The boys with their noise makers!


Shaun's sparkler


After our fun outside the kids got the jammies on and had a little down time before being shipped off to bed!


After the kids fell asleep, the grown-ups enjoyed some chocolate fondue and relaxed. At 11:50 we turned on the Dick Clarks countdown and toasted the New Year with champagne! In the morning we heated up some of the homemade cinnamon rolls that I prepared the day before and Brian made a delicious Roasted Tomato & Arugula Strata, though I agree with Brian that next time it would be better with spinach! After the kids all got ready we headed outside to enjoy the unseasonably warm bright sunny day! We walked down to the cul-du-sac and the kids rode bikes and ran around! It was nice that they were able to blow off some steam outside like that!



For dinner I made a Turkey, it was delicious!


And before dessert, we bribed the children to pose for this picture all together! It's fun to see how much they have changed since the first pictures together!


I can only hope that the rest of 2012 is as wonderful as the first day was! Wishing you all happiness & good health in the new year!