New Years Eve

New Years Eve at our house was pretty simple and low key this year. We didn't have anything special going on, so we had our own little family celebration. We started with warming up the hot tub for a little swimming.

Then ate a wonderful steak dinner with grilled squash and baked sweet potatoes. We never have steak, so this was a treat. Micah even looked up a rub for the steak that was really yummy.

Then this is what happened right after we ate......

As you can tell Avery and Aliza were not getting along. The video (audio) was caught by accident as they struggled over the camera. You can hear Avery saying "you're going to break it" and then Aliza chimes in with "I'm giving it to mom." And then, just as Avery predicted, it ended up broken. Needless to say we weren't thrilled with this development, and as a side note we should mention that this is not the first time these two have struggled over something only to have it end up broken. So, apparently our new year will have to mean a new camera as well. So the rest of the post is without photos to document our wild party.

After dinner we lit sparklers which were great and then Abbie headed off to a little party one of her friends in the ward had invited her to. She had a great time and everyone was tucked into bed before the clock even struck midnight. We also couldn't wait for Micah's parents to arrive for a visit the next day. On New Years Day we did head out to Lake Las Vegas (no pictures) for a fun adventure eating yummy gelato and Abbie and Avery trying ice skating for the first time (no pictures :( ). They had such a great time on the ice that Abbie is begging for an ice skating party for her birthday next month. We'll have to wait and see about that one. We definitely can't have a fun party like that without a camera. Happy New Year!