Happy New Year

We had a fun time ringing in the new year with our kids. We started our New Year’s Eve celebration by taking the kids out to breakfast. We bought some prepaid gas cards for a fundraiser a while back and got a bunch of $5 gift cards to Flying J Restaurant. When Nate saw that Flying J was declaring bankruptcy, he decided that we had better hurry and cash in. There’s just nothing like an all-you-can-eat breakfast at a truck stop to make you want to resolve to eat healthier in the new year! We spent most of the day taking down all of our Christmas decorations, cleaning the carpet, and getting our house back to normal. We had a yummy fondue dinner and then played board games (Clue Jr., Operation, Hisss, Sorry, and Yahtzee) with our kids for the rest of the night. The kids were excited to stay up until midnight. Ben and Emily actually made it. We put Abby to bed around 10:00 and Elise fell asleep in the computer chair at 11:35. It was a fun night, but we are glad to be returning to normal life and normal sleep schedules again.

Shockingly, I only took one picture the whole day. The poor girl just couldn’t take it anymore.