New Years Eve.....The END!

2006 was a wonderful year for us. We settled into our new home and made it our own. Bell grew more each day, from a tiny infant to a fast moving toddler, with a few words and LOTS of signs in her vocabulary!! Austin made new friends and did great in school this year.Don stayed local (if you call NJ everyday local), and did not have to do much traveling, which helped us to be expecting in the new year!! We are looking forward to 2007, and hope it is as wonderful as year as the one just passed. We wish you all a Happy and Wonderful New Year!!!!

We spent the last night of 2006 at home, as a family, with some friends. Our neighbor Chris went out dancing with the girls, so Jess and Lindsay got to spend the night with us!! We also had our friends Annette and JD over as well. The adults played cards and the kids played Scene It and video games through the evening, and of course we all had lots of snacks!!
The kids were excited to get to have champagne at midnight when the ball dropped, but of course. none of them liked it at all! They all had a fun time with the connfetti and poppers at midnight, as did Bell!! She actually fell asleep on my back and woke up about 11:45 to join in the fun.

Bell out cold before midnight.
Lindsay drinking the "yucky" champagne at midnight.
Lindsay and Don facing off over who got to eat my famous black bean salsa first - Lindsay loves it, so does Don!!!
Jess and Don celebrating New Years!
The kids toasting the new year (As you can see, Austin did not try the champagne, he had fruit punch!!).