Saturday, January 1, 2011

New Year's Eve at The Jacksons!

13 couples and 16 kids gathered at our friend's new home for a New Year's Eve celebration!
The baby gate served as a "jail" for the kids to stay in the basement and the adults to be upstairs. It didn't really work but it was a nice try!

Mara in time out ( never a dull moment with this one) surrounded by dozens of shoes!
The basement isn't furnished yet and it was THE PERFECT place for the kids to run!
Rob and Clint enjoy ribs
Everyone enjoyed sitting back and relaxing with friends!
Around 10, we put a movie on for the kids in the basement so the adults could play for awhile
We all had so much fun together
FOUR pregnant ladies!
The hosts planned minutetowinit games with a tournament style. Each couple was a team with names made up by the hosts. Our name was THE BLOGS!
These boys, almost 5, have grown up together since birth!
Mara made instant friends with Ava!

The couples...
Cynthia ( pregnant with a boy) and Ryan
Darren and Tara ( pregnant with twin boys)
Dale & Amy
Rob & Beth ( pregnant with a girl)
Eric & Jill
Stephanie & Scott
Anne & Adam
Nate & Courtney
Jake & Andrea ( and Allyson)Our hosts Clint & Tiffany ( pregnant- doesn't know gender yet)
Zac & Jenny
Matt & Heidi
Midnight came and more than half of the kids were still up, including our two!
Let the games begin...tissue out of a box
stringing needles
stacking apples
shopping bag relay racesFishing for keys
Rotating cups
flinging pencilstoiletpaper spins
sorting m&ms
CandyCane fishing
Rudolph...swing a ball on a string onto a vasaline covered nose
Feather blowing
Two handed tissue pull
and more!
We stayed until after 2AM and left the house a wreck but it was one of the most fun New Year's Eve's I've had in a very long time! Thanks to our amazing hosts and to all our dear friends!

The most fun game of the night...getting the cookie down into your mouth from your forehead

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