Monday, January 24, 2011

Artichoke dip, bunko, birthday boys, and predictions

That's just a small sampling of what our New Year's Eve entailed. It was a Par-tay!
Jill (shown here after midnight) is deliriously enthusiastic about ringing in the new year.
In fact, I think these two girls may be vampires. When all of the adults were ready to crash from staying up way past their bedtimes, Sophie and Jill seemed to come alive.
This New Year's Eve Jodi had a new hubby, 3 more kids and a sparkle in her eyes. 2011 is looking like a very good year.
BUNKO! Dad swept the winnings. He started to feel bad and gave away most of his prizes.
Kelli and her grown-up-girl, Kate. Kelli's girlies love their momma.

Our real reason for gathering-of course-is that it is also BRANDT'S BIRTHDAY! Jodi made the best chocolate cake ever (from the Keeping Up cookbook) and Angie supplied the cute flags. (Thank's Ang.)
Holy Cow! I love that Brandt picked out his own birthday balloons.

This could have something to do with why Jill seemed to have so much energy at midnight....
The poppers seemed like a good idea at the time. But they made a HUGE mess! We were ringing in the new year with the vacuum in one hand and a glass of Martinelli's sparkling cider in the other.
My prediction? That we do this again next year. Same time, same place. Maybe without the poppers.

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