Ring in the New Year!

Happy New Year beautiful children! We have the best family!

Mike & I went to the Francis' for a New Years party! Lots of fun with good friends! We actually played a game this year...Wackee Six. Really fun and Mike and I were in 2nd place, ready to pounce on the title, but during the last round, we lost and came in 3rd. Fun stories from the Lalli's. Great way to celebrate the new year. The kids were invited to hang with the Francis kids in their newly finished basement, but I thought if they stayed home that Brandon would go to bed.

Well, I guess that we had promised to burn our gingerbread house to ring in the New Year and this proved to be enough incentive to stay up! When we got home, all 3 kids were up, with coats on, ready to light up the night!

I read on Heather Hopkin Moss' blog that this is a family tradition of theirs. It was crazy enough that I knew we would like it and embrace it fully!

Before we left for our party, Mike prepared the house for it's adventure. Laying it on a cardboard box lined with foil. Matches and lighter fluid at the ready!

It took a minute to get it going, but Mike got some good flames!

Rest in peace 2009! On to 2010!