The Night We Partied Like It Was 2012

This is how we spent New Years Eve:

We had some company over

Addy and Lauren

Emily and Kay

Aubrey, Teresa and Sam

Some of us had a little less energy than others

Allyson and Steve


We did a little cup stacking


Played a little golf


Went skiing

We also had some major dancing going on but I don't have any pictures of that that anyone wants me to post. Rephrasing: I don't have any pictures of that that anyone IN the pictures wants me to post.

Played some Skip-Bo

Some of us decided to change our look and freak our mother out.

Poor Sam. I've decided that no matter how old he gets, he will always be hen pecked by his dear mother. He decided to give himself a haircut and stopped short of completing the process, leaving a mohawk. Which Emily and Teresa then sprayed all purple and glittery. My mother freaked totally out. For some reason (maybe it was past her bedtime and she was really super tired) she really thought he was going to leave his hair like this. Just so you know, he didn't. Maybe she just hasn't been around enough boy haircuts. I do this to Zac's hair all the time when I'm cutting it.


Addy gave Lauren and me our Birthday present from her that she has been working on for weeks. She sang songs and gave the performance of her lifetime.

A few minutes before midnight, we loaded up with horns, poppers, snaps, streamers and fireworks and went outside to wake up anyone in the neighborhood who might have been sleeping through the changing of a year. We were out there for a few minutes, but that was as much as we could stand because it was freezing outside.

The next day we went to church. Then we came home and had a relaxing quiet day with our family. We set some family and individual goals and made plans to carry them out. I love a new year!