New Year's Eve

We rang in the New Year at my sister's house, and like normal I got very few pictures of people, but plenty of food. My sisters and I mostly just chit chatted while everyone else was downstairs "wii-ing."

My little sister worked on a few backs. But, this picture was actually taken so you could see what my other sister was resting her head on. Her face fit nicely into a stuffed Spiderman toy's crotch. It was pretty funny.

Growing up, we always celebrated New Year's Eve with a party in my family. My mom always made party foods, and punch. We stayed up and watched movies, etc. My family still carries on that tradition, except, my oldest brother is a party pooper and doesn't participate anymore.

Here is a little sampling of some of our food fare:

Shrimp, of course, cranberry meatballs, fondue,


I made a lemon trifle (do you know about my love affair with trifles?),



I also made white chocolate truffles rolled in peppermint, and holy cow they were rich. I think everyone could only eat a small portion of their truffle.

Of course, I made chex mix (which by the next morning had only peanuts left in the bottom...). We had lots of food, and chocolate fondue. I also tried a new punch recipe which was yummy too.

For some of the recipes from my New Years see my other blog HERE.

Everyone, even the kids stayed awake to see J-lo's body suit and watch the ball drop. After that, John went to put the kids to bed, I laid my head down on the couch and was out in only a few seconds. They woke me up at 2 to go to bed, and then right when I fell back to sleep, Trevan woke up with his ear hurting really bad, and when we finally got him to go back to sleep, and I finally went back to sleep, Mallary woke up and spent the rest of the night, I mean, morning, in bed with us.

We spent New Years day in our pajamas (well, some of us did) eating, playing Blokus, and the Wii.

Happy New Year!