Ringing in the New Year

I love a celebration.
But New Year's Eve for our family has often gone as follows:

kids in bed,
Bill in bed,
and me wishing myself a Happy New Year alone.
Pathetic, right?

Pity me no more.
This year we had our own version of a rockin' New Year's Eve.
The celebration consisted of:
dear friends,
good food,
fun games,
kids wide awake at midnight,
parents fighting to stay awake until midnight
and a chihuahua.

The words "all you can eat" put the happy in Happy New Year

Please don't call animal rights activists about what my husband is
doing to Senor Cruz, the Taco Bell dog.

At Wal-Mart we had two teams trying to fill our cart with items
totaling $2009. This seemed like a great idea until we realized we
were getting suspicious looks from employees due to all the
$400 items we were casually throwing into our carts.

Time's Square has nothin' on us!
You can watch the final countdown and
frenzied celebration below...
(pause music on the playlist if you want to hear it
in all it's glory)

"They will celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness."
Psalm 145:7

We celebrate the abundant goodness of God
we experienced in 2008.

And look forward to experiencing His goodness in 2009...
hopefully the year we will bring home the littlest Kollar
to join this crazy team.