Happy New Year!

Happy (late) New Year! And what fun it was bringing in 2012.

Andrew’s folks invited some friends over for a game night. We played some fun rounds of Apples to Apples, and an entertaining game of Gestures. But, we also got to experience a power outage that lasted over an hour. This made for an interesting game of Apples to Apples by candle and flashlight. Kayley missed the blackout completely since she had just fallen asleep. But before that she enjoyed meeting people who had been praying for her and celebrated her life at one of her baby showers.

But without Kayley in my arms or someone else’s, it made it a lot easier to play Gestures (in the light). I always love watching how people decide to act out their words. And it’s always amusing and a bit frustrating when you’re acting out a word in a way that you personally think is extremely obvious, but no one is guessing close to the correct answer.

Those of us that stayed up til midnight had fun bringing in 2012 with poppers and cheers.

Welcome 2012!

The excitement of bringing in the New Year slower worked its way into Kayley, and after everyone had left, and when we were all ready for bed, she woke up alert and hyper! I guess she was thinking she needed to celebrate as well! But we were able to play some energy out of her and get her down so we all could get some decent shut eye before church.

Kayley bringing in the New Year

We went to the church Andrew grew up in. I met and re-met people who know Andrew and/or his folks. Kayley seems to have adoring fans everywhere! It was so wonderful to meet so many people who keep us and her in their prayers.

We continued our celebrating of the new year by having dinner at John and Joyce’s. Sadly we had to cut our visit short because Kayley was very tired from her long day. But we had a wonderful time and meal while there.

Dinner with family and friends

I hope the New Year has started off in a good way for all of you! Now I only have 16 days to catch up on in blogging.