New Years Eve

New Years we did the count down packets again.  The kids LOVEd these last year, so I put a few together for this year.  It was fun to see how excited they were each hour to open up the packet and found out what they were doing for the hour.  The packets kept them busy and “almost all” of them stayed awake until midnight.



The first hour I had these sheets for the kids to fill out to reflect on 2011.  The kids had such cute answers.  Ashley wrote on hers for “The Hardest Thing of the Year – Going to sleep the night that Santa was coming”.  Anyway, HERE is the link to that New Years sheet.  We also put a few toppings in an envelope for a clue that a sundae bar would be happening in the hour.  We did the top 10 at 10.  I found lists of the top 10 news stories, top 10 google searches, top 10 songs and top 10 movies that had grossed the most money.  We split up into five different teams to get the most answers for a “prize”.

We had fun families over for dinner and games.  I love when there is a good mix of people.  I was LAME and didn’t take any pictures though.  We had the Hopkins’ family, Sariah and her little one, the Mumma’s, and then Kaylee and Nathan thought they needed Jordan and Annalise Wright as well.  I could tell it was a good mix of people because all of the kids scattered with their friends throughout the house. 

We made Janie’s yummy crockpot Green Burros recipe.  I can tell that will be a new family favorite for us.  We played two fun games with the adults Bohnanza AND
Logo Board Game

Jake and the older teenage girls all went to the dance with Jake’s friends.  THEY thought they had the most fun, but I beg to differ.  It was a great night!