New Year's 2013

Our mellow at-home New Year's Eve this year...

We played with blocks...

 We constructed castles...

 We danced to 80's tunes...

And danced some more...

We played drums with blocks...

We played a mean air guitar when we thought no one was looking...

We enjoyed quiet family time together...

Meanwhile, three states away, my mom was busy rocking out at a late-night New Year's party with my brother (gold tie) and pals.

Happy New Year!

Friends invited us for a family New Year's Eve party, with the promise of "banging pots and pans at midnight."

The little kids latched onto this message and, getting it just a little wrong, went around for a week telling everyone that they were invited to our friends' house to "break pots and pans at midnight."

Bang, break... What the difference?

Happy New Year!

The banging, breaking midnight crew.

Marguerite Helps Us Ring in the New Year in Style!

As tradition would have it, we found ourselves in our favorite New Year's Eve celebratory locale again this year: The Daniel family home. 

But this year was a bit different. For, amidst the amazing food and the interesting conversation and the festive atmosphere, came the sound of babies cooing and babbling and, yes, even crying... 

We had great fun introducing Marguerite to some of our very favorite people, including the newest among them, sweet Baby Joseph Daniel.

 

 

 

Ringing in the New Year in Style

What could be better than hanging out with the Good Padres and the Daniels on New Year's Eve?

The Daniel-Padre-Leone New Year's Eve has become something of an annual tradition, and we sure are grateful that the Daniels keep inviting us, despite the size increase (and noise-and-chaos increase) in our family in recent years.

It's bound to be a good New Year's Eve celebration when hanging out with some of our very favorite people!