Happy New Year!

We can't believe that it is 2012!  Where did 2011 go?!?

New Years Eve was nice.  After a long work day for me, we watched the Time Square celebration.  (That also has the added benefit of ending at 9pm, but you don't feel like you are missing out on any of the festivities, and you don't feel like a train wreck the next day... it's a win-win. Or maybe we are just getting old...)  Ryder was up until 830p, and had no idea that anything was any different in his evening schedule.

I had this great plan to take a picture of the three of us, with Ryder wearing the happy new year hat, but RYDER thought it looked so much better on Kit's head.

We have a tradition each year: we use our wedding glasses to toast on New Years Eve.

The beverage may change, but the glasses are ALWAYS the same.

Then on New Years Day we had our family over for some good food and some hang out time.

(It was also a "come-over-and-help-us-move-our-big-furniture-so-that-we-can-get-new-carpet" party, but New Years Day actually got top billing.)

Kit made his amazing smoked ribs:

Ryder loved them:

We just hung out and enjoyed being together:
The kiddos played together and we had all of our lawn games out and there were no injuries and the weather was really comfortable and the food was so tasty!

The day ended with moving all of our bedroom furniture into the living room so that we could get our new carpet.  Ryder and I went to my parents house to stay out of the way.

We hope that you had a wonderful New Years weekend! 

There are a few exciting things happening this week at our house:

1. new carpet

2. the celebration of our 9 year wedding anniversary.
(Kit surprised me with an overnight and my family is watching Ryder... I am giddy!)

3.big kid furniture being assembled and working on our kiddos rooms.

We can't wait to share our little adventures with you!