New Year's Eve

We haven't had a whole lot going on this month.  I sure enjoy January in Texas.  It's nice to take it easy, and get back into the routine of life after the craziness of December and the holidays.  The weather has been typical Texas - 65 degrees for a couple days, and 35 degrees the day after.  The warm days have been awesome, and we've utilized them by playing outside.  The cold days have also been enjoyed with hot chocolate and warm blankets.  It's been a good month to rejuvenate and relax a bit.

Before the month is completely over, though, I do want to blog our New Year's Eve.  We had such a fun night!  This is the first year of our married lives that we've actually done something for New Year's Eve.  Yah, we're party animals :)  This year I was planning out what I would make for dinner that night, and realized that it would be fun for the kids to have a party.  And, and much fun as parents are :), I didn't think that the four of us would constitute a party.  We had over our good friends, Holly and Joey, and their kids.  It was perfect - my kids adore theirs, and the grown ups get along pretty darn well too.  Or, at least Joey and Holly are good actors. :)  We had pizza and sparkling fruit drinks, deliciously decadent (and probably the reason for gaining a good five pounds) cheesecake, played board games and Rockband, and made some noise and wore some hats. 

They left at about 9pm, and we got our kids to bed.  I'm a little crazy about sleep.  I have a really hard time dealing with tired, cranky, whiny kids, so I hardly ever let them stay up late.  Oh, but the fun doesn't stop there!  When we do party, we go all out!

Okay, so maybe it's not all that, but it was perfect for us.  I like entertaining and having people over.  Dave doesn't enjoy parties too much.  He enjoys smaller settings with just a few people.  So, we compromised by inviting over Jonathan and Katie for a party.  My family has a tradition of having fondue on New Year's Eve, and it's one of my favorite traditions.  Something about being able to stick my fork in a pot without getting scolded was always exciting as a kid.  I also liked getting to choose the fondue fork with the coolest color on the end.  Simple pleasures. :) So, I made up a traditional swiss cheese fondue with yummy bread and veggies to dip.  We ate, played Rockband (our new addiction), then ended with chocolate fondue.  Yum! 

 

(We did actually get quite a few more pictures.  The sparkling cider must have been spiked or something, though :)  All the rest of them are not at all post-worthy!  Crazy faces, blurry shots, double chins.  Ahh!)

In salute to our boring selves, we didn't even watch the ball drop or anything.  But, we did have the exactly right kind of night for us.  Thanks you guys, for celebrating with us.  You made it a great evening, and a fun way to welcome in 2010!  Here's to a great year in store for us!