New Year

Since it's more like Chinese New Year, I thought I'd finally share what we did to ring in 2013.

New Year's Eve, we headed to my parents’ house to par-tay with my siblings and their families.  It was especially fun, since this is the first year in quite a few that Kevin hasn’t had to work, so we got to spend the whole night together.

We had a blast playing games and sharing good food.  

This classic fishing game was a hit with the kids.

And, of course, no party is complete without Headbandz

It was really late, so everyone had a riot when Kevin drew this card.

Midnight came and the kids celebrated by popping confetti and streamer fireworks all over my parents’ front room floor (which my Dad was thrilled about, I’m sure).  Well, all the kids except Abi.  She just screamed with her fingers in her ears because she didn’t like the noise.  We stayed up pretty late after that, and some of us (myself included) began to lose our “sportsman-like conduct” while playing games.  That’s when we decided to call it a night and head for home.

The next day, around noon when we rolled out of bed, we had Japanese lunch at our house with Kevin’s siblings.  The food was de-lish and I ate way too much.

We hope that everyone’s 2013 has started off on a good foot and wish you all of the best for the rest of it!