So, I'm postdating this by about an hour so it still "counts" in my December posts ... I think it's fair since I haven't gone to bed so "technically" it's still the same day as when I woke up, right? We stayed up to ring in the New Year - all the way until midnight - and then I still had to get the pics downloaded and post written. Sheesh.
We started the day with breakfast ... made by me, again! I think that's a record on the number of times in a week that I would actually make breakfast. Today was pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, and *perfect* bacon. Seriously.
I hopped on the treadmill after breakfast and then we got everyone ready for the day. Steve only had to work a half day today so once he got home the games began! Skip-Bo was first on the agenda.
Cougar helped make his own lunch - a bologna face! These are pretty popular around here ;)
I had to make a trip to the grocery store go grab some goods for dinner tonight, plenty of snacks, and things needed for dinner tomorrow ... the grocery store was PACKED!!
I got home just in time for everyone else to decide a quick run to In -n- Out was in order for a late lunch. While they were gone I headed to the airport for the 5th time in the past 2 weeks ... Grammy & Paca were returning from their week in Seattle!! They came back to our place for about an hour before getting on the road to head home. Since they weren't here on Christmas this year they got to see all of the kids' loot, play a quick game of Pirate's Cove, talk some Bowl games, and get a french horn performance from Brinley. A group hug and they were on their way!!
Pam took some time to make Steve's favorite guacamole dip ... I've tried to make it several times and just can't get it right, so he only gets it when his mom is around.
I got busy making dinner. I'll be honest ... it was good {in my opinion}. It's been unseasonably cold here the past few days (got some snow flurries in the valley yesterday and temps dropped into the 20's - BRR!!) so soup sounded awesome. Baked Potato soup in bread bowls sounded even better!! That's what I decided to make for our last dinner of 2010 - pretty darn good choice, if I do say so myself! I think EVERYONE was extremely pleased and I am THRILLED to have plenty of leftovers for tomorrow!
After dinner and clean up it was time to prepare ourselves for some New Years festivities! We had gotten "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" from the Redbox so we sat down about 8 PM to watch it. Kendyl decided that she didn't want to see it, so she took a movie up to the playroom to watch on her own. The pic of her is dark but I had to take it ... when I went upstairs to check on her she was sitting in the dark, had turned on the lights on the Christmas tree in the playroom, and was sitting and singing along to the Disney Princess Christmas movie that she had chosen ... it was so cute!
The movie ended at 9:52 PM ... just in time to get ready for the ball to drop at midnight in NYC!! I love that we can watch the ball drop at 10PM so the kids feel like they got to ring in the New Year without having to let them stay up until midnight ;)
We had hats, party blowers, clapper rings, leis, masks, and party poppers all ready. We partied like rock stars, drank sparkling cider, blew out every party popper, smooched, and then it was off to bed for the kids!
The party didn't stop there, though. Tonight we busted out the cards for a game of hand & foot. We hadn't played in quite a while and it seems we always play when Ed & Pam are in town. The ladies were on a hot streak tonight, taking the first 3 hands. The men came back to win the last hand, but were too far gone to catch up ... gotta love a good win {since I NEVER seem to win}!!
Our game ended just a few minutes after midnight and thus ended 2010 ... and my December "on the go" challenge. It became a lot more than what I had originally planned in terms or the number of pics and the details I added, but I'm so glad to have done it!! My family, on the other hand, has told me more than once how glad they will be when I am done taking pictures of everything and writing everything down. It's funny - I don't blog for 10 months and people complain. I blog every day for 2 months and people complain. Clearly I need to find a "happy medium," right? My girls have started to tell Pam stories and she's said "I read about that on the blog!," to which they have replied "we don't have any stories to tell you cuz they're all on the blog!" I think it's funny ;)
2010 has been awesome. I'm sad I didn't write more of it down, really. I am totally looking forward to what 2011 has to offer ... should be an interesting ride!
