Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  We rang in the New Year in Wisconsin with family.  We met Mike, Liza, Savannah and Declan at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  It is always a good time with that crew.  We also got to spend time with our niece, Jordan.  We were all so excited (that doesn't even begin to describe it) that she was able to be there. 

 These three! 

Jordan learned how to play the marble game and was a good sport when the boys asked if she'd play a third game.  Seth decided that he and Jordan made a good team.  

Our weekend was spent playing games, hanging out, eating delicious foods and playing more games. 

Mike had my name for Christmas and he got the best gifts!  We enjoyed an adult beverage using the ice molds he gave me to make Death Star whiskey balls.  

New Year's Eve we stopped by to see Great Grandma.  

The boys learned how to play Five Crowns.  They were surprisingly good.  This picture is of a hand that Seth didn't do so well at and Noah enjoyed it too much.

Staying up until midnight is tough when you're 10 (or north of 40), especially when you live in the Eastern time zone, but are celebrating the New Year in the central time zone.  We lost Noah at about 10:30.

Seth laughed and made fun of Noah and then passed out around 11:30. 

It was such a memorable weekend and we all had a great time!  We took a ton of pictures, but apparently we were too excited and in the moment because a ton of them were blurry.  Ooops.

We came home from the frigid temps to slightly less frigid temps and a ton more snow.  Thank goodness for amazing neighbors (shout out to the Tuinstras!) for clearing our driveway while we were gone so we could actually pull into the garage!  The Christmas lights will come down when we can actually get to them.

-Shelby