A milestone post that begins the new year...hard to believe! We are spending a very, very quiet day as most of us are very, very tired. Robert had a fairly quiet New Year's eve with his girlfriend, and it sounds as though Catherine and Thomas enjoyed their evening with my mom, and my mom definitely enjoyed her evening with them. They also got to see both of my grandmothers while they were there.
Meanwhile, we were having a fabulous evening. So many of our dear friends were in attendance, and in many ways it was even better than "old times". There were six couples and one additional friend (she and kids didn't stay until Midnight) and several of the kiddos. I particularly enjoyed hanging out with the teenagers, strangely enough. I couldn't help but think back to the evening I took the then third-grader and second-grader to meet their teachers, and last evening I sat there with the senior and junior and enjoyed their senses-of-humor and laughed with them. I was so grateful for these friends who have been a part of our lives for so long that I've watched the kids grow up, just like they've all watched mine grow up. While I missed ringing in the year with my kids, I'm so grateful to have been able to ring it with others we love so much.
At Midnight, we were all very wide awake...and continued that way. We ended up all being up until 4AM, so I'm very grateful we just slept there which is half way to my hometown anyway! It wasn't difficult to get up and moving this morning to go get our kiddos (I went after the younger two, Andrew picked up Robert) and then we all got home here about the same time...where we are spending our quiet day!
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