New Years Eve

We hung out as a family on New Years Eve during the day.  We had told the kids we would have a sleep over in the living room that night so we could all be in our pjs and watch the ball drop.  Courtney wanted to get her mattress out in the living room really early in the day but we kept putting her off.  She got really tired of being put off and so she went in her room and brought her mattress out into the living room on her own.  It was pretty funny.  I guess she has learned a very valuable lesson...if you don't want to wait, just do it yourself!

At about 8 p.m. we had a knock on the door.  Some neighborhood kids were playing Ghosts in the Graveyard and invited Ethan and Courtney to play with them.  They jumped at the chance.  Ethan put on his black jacket and they both grabbed their new headlamps (from Grandma and Grandpa Oman) and ran out the door.  They came back about an hour later and were full of fun stories.

Ethan had figured out how to hide in the shadows and under rocks.  He would watch people walk by within 2 feet of him and never see him.  He also hid under a car, which I am not too sure of.

Courtney was just there to run around and have fun so they found her easily each time.  But she had a great time also.

When they came back they changed into pjs and got ready to wait for the ball to drop.  We watched Studio C for hours until it was time.  They were having a Studio C marathon on BYUTV but they were just playing the same episodes over and over.  So we put in Ethan's DVDs he got for Christmas and watched those.  They are pretty funny!

Unfortunately, we were flipping the stations and missed the ball drop, but we all made it to midnight.  Then Ethan went to his own room to sleep, Bryan and I set up the couch bed to sleep, and Courtney moved her mattress a bit so our bed would fit.  It was a fun night!