Happy New Year!!

This year for New Years Eve we weren't totally sure what we were going to do. We had invited Heidi and McKay to come down and sleep over. Tyler's mom and sister Holly were going to come down too. They all ended up getting sick thanks to me passing it around on Christmas eve, so that didn't end up happening. We were then invited to go down to Tyler's cousin Sandi's for the night, but then the forecast changed and it was supposed to be super snowy and we didn't want to drive that far in the snow without four wheel drive. We ended up talking Rick and Sandi and their boys into coming to our house since they have a truck. The weather ended up not being as bad as they said and we would have been fine. Thanks again Sandi and Rick for being willing to come up here. We all had a really great time!!

We all played lots of games. At one point the kids couldn't agree on what to play so they each had their own games set up. They finally realized it was more fun to play together and took turns playing everyones game of choice.

Of course there was some Wii played as well.

Rick and Sandi at the adults game table. I love playing games and can never get enough of them. These guys are some of my favorite people for game playing.

I had gotten the kids a few things to play with for the evening to keep them entertained. Once it got dark they broke out their glow sticks and had a dance party with them on. I think Tyler had more fun than anyone though. We just got a new camera and he had fun playing around with it in the dark getting cool shots of the glow sticks.

There were a few random fireworks being set off in the area and whenever the kids heard them they would hurry and run to the window in hopes of getting a glimpse of one.

It is a tradition in Tyler's family that at midnight you go outside and bang pots and pans. I always feel so silly doing, but I love it at the same time.

After the banging of pots we came inside for the toast. I found these cheap cups at the dollar store to make it a little more festive. Lauren of course loved drinking out of them. Logan on the other hand was not a fan of our sparking cider.

New Years day was just spent being lazy and relaxing. We made a good breakfast and hung out for awhile before Rick and Sandi had to leave. We always have so much fun hanging out with them. After they left, we discovered they had left us a gift card for Cold Stone. If you know Tyler very well then you know of his love for ice cream, so of course we had to go and use it right away.


So many to choose from, how will I ever pick!?!

Logan went with brownie batter with peanut butter cups.
Mmmm chocolate!!

I can't remember what flavor combo Lauren had. I think she picked a couple different kinds of ice cream. Lauren shares her dad's love of ice cream and happily volunteered to try everyone's and finish off anyones who didn't finish on their own.

A great ending to another great Holiday Season!!