Bringing In The New Year

New Years Eve We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's


We had yummy food. Played the Wii and Other games, and then We watched Despicable Me.


After the movie we continued to play, but the kids were having a hard time staying awake. The boys gave up, got their blankets and curled up on Grandma's couches.

Valerie was tired, and she didn't want to miss the party, but Grandpa used his magic touch and got her to sleep.

After being teased all day about not making to it to midnight last year, Emily was determined to do it this year, and she did.

At midnight we toasted the new year with a glass of sparkling cider


Then we each took turns opening our Poppers that Tracy and Gavin had sent over from Europe.

Grandpa got a car, Emily and I got rings, Ryan got a puzzle and Grandma got a balloon. Each popper included a Joke.

"Have you ever heard the Joke about butter.

I'm not going to tell it to you because you will spread it around."

Hahaha!

After that tings got a little wild,

At least that is what we want you to think, what really happened is we packed the kids up and headed home to bed.

I like to take advantage of the new year and reflect on things that I would like to try to do better this next year. Ryan's mom has us record a goal on video. then the following year we watch it and see if we met our goals. Last year I set two goals and accomplished one.

This year I am setting kind of a funny goal, but it is something that I hate and I am trying to learn to be better at it so I can learn to like it. My New years resolution this year is all about Laundry.

My goal is simply to fold the laundry as soon as I take it out of the dryer, and not do it every day of the week. I know most of you probably already do this, but too many times this year I found myself stashing the clean laundry on the table in the laundry room or in a basket until I had time to fold it, and then dreading going back to the pile.

I have been doing well with my goal so far and I have also come to realize that with a family of six Laundry is pretty hard to get all done in one day if you only do it once a week, so I have dedicated two days to laundry, Monday and Friday. So far it has made the chore a lot less daunting, and I get the extras done like changing the sheets and washing the rugs without staying up late to finish.

So for the new year I am going to master the laundry room. As for the rest of the house......One thing at a time.

Happy New Year!