Happy New Year 2012

In the words of our sweet 2.5 year old, "it's PARTY time!"  Happy New Year ... 2012!

It's crazy to think that another year has already flown by ... it seems like we were just ringing in 2011 with our 21 month old ...

Yet, here we are, a year later, ringing in 2012!

We had a fun New Year's Eve party with Ashley's side of the family  ... well, those of his family that were in Texas, that is!  This has been an annual family tradition for the past 10 years now ... thanks to these 2 Lyde sisters, Aunt DeeDee and Mary Lee (Ash's mom).

Here's all the family in attendence, this year ...

Aunt DeeDee and Uncle Max



Lane's family ... Barbara, Audrey and Tyler

Aron's family ... Fritzie, Ashleigh, Kaelyn & Rylie

GranGran and Huni

Kendall had such a fun time playing at Aron & Fritzie's.  She loved being with all the girls & Tyler ... her cousins.  She stayed plenty busy playing with all their toys in their fabulous play room and going up & down their staircase about a thousand times!

The cousins exchanged Christmas presents and surprised Kendall with 2 presents, too ...

Kendall opened up a fun new game (her 1st game) Zingo from Aron & Fritzie and the girls  and a "fur real" white puppy dog (that barks, walks & wags her tail) from Lane & Barbara and the kids.

Kaelyn got the new game Headbandz (the Disney version) for Christmas, so a few of us played the 1st game ... Aron, Fritzie, Kaelyn, me and Audrey.  It's a super FUN game and being the Disney version it was perfect for us, since that is about all our families watch these days, with so many sweet little girls!  I am overjoyed to announce that this Mommy is the reigning champion (of the 1st game) for 2011!  (After midnight, the whole gang played the next game and this time Audrey won ... so she is the current champion of 2012.)  It's a really fun game and a must-have at your next family gaming event!

After we got the kids all fed and settled in with a movie, the adults feasted on a fantastic meal ... our normal new years tradition! 

 

The whole gang split up boys vs. girls (as usual) to play another favorite game ... Taboo.  We played and played until it was time to ring in the new year.  Kendall stayed up with the big kids, so we left shortly after 12 midnight to get her into bed!

Happy New Year 2012 ... We are looking forward to seeing what this 2012 brings!  May the Lord continue to bless you this year!