As a family, we exchange gifts on New Year's Eve - it's like Christmas all over again - just a week later - the kids get pretty excited too.
This year's agenda included a Family Film Festival - using iPhone apps!! It was a major hit!
It was a pretty snug fit in our tiny family room - there were 30 of us!! But we were laughing so much, we didn't notice. The theme was family history - and there were certainly a lot of different interpretations!!
Agnes had told me it was her fondest dream to stay awake until midnight - she missed it by about 45 minutes!!
The kids are all too busy playing all day to be persuaded to take naps, which might make it easier to stay awake. I was having trouble staying awake!!
Sully crashed when I snuggled him in the new Pendleton blanket the kids gave to Harry and me. It's soft and beautiful.
We opted for pizza and paper plates - with lots of snacks thrown in too!
We probably should have set up a puzzle to keep everyone occupied as the time dragged on. We are thinking of doing a New York New Year next year - then we could finish up at 9! We're not sure we could fool the kids though.
New Year's day was full of running and biking and working on bikes and playing at the park. On the 2nd, the men in the group - along with our friend Jordan - took a 30 mile bike ride up Glendora Canyon.
I think I'm getting things out of order and missing things - but you get the general drift - which is that we have truly enjoyed spending all this time together - half the things we planned did not get done - but it's a holiday, so we just save up the good ideas for next year!!
We did have a photo shoot on New Year's Eve day - Marissa Carlson took some great family photos - I will post them on my personal blog - http://www.grannybabs.blogspot.com - and I've posted a couple on FB.
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