New Year's Eve!

We had a lovely New Year's Eve. We started the day off by taking the kiddos swimming. We swam lots this past summer, but haven't been since then. John bawled his eyes out because he did not want to get in the water, but he warmed up quickly and was good to go. After the pool, we hit up the Pizza Hut lunch buffet. It's Doug's favourite and only on during the week. Since he had the day off, we had to seize the opportunity :) The kids were great in the restaurant!! They make me so bloody happy.

John was so cute! He loved the macaroni and cheese dipped in marinara sauce. He would so gently poke a noodle on his fork, gingerly dip it in the sauce and then slowly, with all his focus bring it up to his mouth. After his bite, we would say 'Mmmm, that's good.' Haha!

We didn't have any plans for the evening and were on the fence whether it not we wanted to do anything. We were planning on going to Cardston for New Year's Day, so we called Mama and Papa to see do we could hang out New Year's Eve too! Nicole and Dally were in Cardston for the night so we decided to join them. We got there around 7pm and had a lovely visit. We ate spinach dip and wings, watched a movie and Papa gave Doug and I the most beautiful blessings (which I will write more about later) 

Believe it or not, Doug and I stayed up until 11:44pm!! Why, you may ask, didn't we stay up until midnight? Because we were so tired!!!....and maybe because there was a scary part coming up on the movie we watched ;)

It was a great visit! We really are so blessed to have the family we have!!