Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!!

I haven't posted since Nathan's 1st birthday - and we've had LOTS of fun stories and pictures since then, but, I just don't have the energy/time to go back, so we'll start with last night. What a fun night we had to ring in the new year...

Our get together included:
The Whiteside family (Mark, Shannon, Victoria (3) and Marcus (19 mo.),
The Wilkens family (Bruce, Heather, Abigail (2) and Josiah (2 mo),
The Bunch family (Dave, Andrea, Sierra (3) and Jayden (3)
Our family - Rich, Shauna, Tyler (5), Kamryn (3) and Nathan (14 mo).

When our party began, Nathan was already tucked away for the night... and when the Wilkens arrived, Abigail was already sleeping. The rest of the kids had fun running around, playing and snacking until we had their "new year" at 9.

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Victoria & Kamryn
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Dave and his monkey Jayden
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Baby Josiah (yes, that is a shrimp!)
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Kamryn, Jayden & Victoria
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Marcus & Tyler
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Dave and his girls!!

And of course we had to take group pictures before the kiddos went to bed...
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Taken by me..

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Taken by Bruce..

After the kids were down the adults (+1 Victoria wasn't ready to miss all the fun) had a fun night of yummy food, yummy drinks, yummy desserts - fun games and great conversation (Rich still can't figure out why nobody else thinks "attending church" isn't creative, and I still can't figure out why people don't put the word "chewy" and "Mike Tyson" in the same thought! Oh well... We had a fun champagne toast at midnight (well, a pinch after, we kinda missed midnight)

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Dave & Bruce

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The Ladies

Before all the kids got woken up and taken home, I had to take pictures of them sleeping like the little angels they are!!

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The clock in my room as we were getting kids.

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Jayden & Sierra on an air matress in Kamryn's room.

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Abbs in a PNP in Tyler's room.

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Baby Josiah all snug and cozy in his carseat.

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Tyler in our bed.

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Kamryn in our bed.

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Marcus in Nathan's room in a PNP.

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Victoria at midnight!
What a great way to start 2010, surrounded with wonderful friends!!

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