New Years Eve- a month late

I never put up pictures of New Years- oops just remembered!

We did the annual New Years Eve dinner at Rainforest Cafe with the kids. This year the Lackey's and Eschers joined us. They do a fun celebration for the kids- with a "knee-high"buffet that includes all the kids favorites. Then we went home and put everyone to bed and headed over to our friends new home- for a little "adults-only" get-together. We played the Wii, chatted and enjoyed some yummy food. It was a fun day and we really enjoyed spending most of the day with the kids and then sneaking our for some grown- up fun, too. We sure feel blessed to have so many great friends where we live!

Carter-man's shirt says "I may be small- but I rock."

Family picture at Rain Forest Cafe- notice Addie's shoes and my cardigan. We fit in perfectly with the animal theme.
All the cute kids!


We also hosted the 4th annual Youth New Years Eve Waffle Breakfast. We started this tradition after Aaron was called as YM President. After the youth New Years dance, the kids head over to our house (at midnight) for waffles, bacon and OJ. They are a great group of kids and I really enjoy having them here.

Our awesome bishop- he comes every year and brings his spotless waffle iron. I hate using it because I am so worried I am going to get it dirty. I actually windex-ed it when I was done- I've never even done that to my own waffle iron!The official bacon cookers. They cooked up a lot of bacon that night!They used the left over waffle batter and fried up some pancakes in the bacon grease. No thank you!!
A group of kids- hanging out in the kitchen.
Another group in the family room with the Wii.
The waffle support team- Ronda and Keri.

Hope everyone's New Year is going well.
I love the New Year- fresh motivation to try harder and do better.
Happy 2009!