Happy New Year!

We are very ready for a new year. I haven't blogged about it, but 2010 was a roller coaster health-wise for both Joe and me with unnerving diagnoses, scary possibilities, surgery, tests, treatments, a hospital stay and more questions than answers. We are optimistic that 2011 will be a better year in this regard! Thankfully the girls are healthy, love school, love us and love each other! They have been our shining light this year. (And likely always will be!)

We celebrated New Year's Eve with our good friends Binh and John and their kids. What fun!

Here are the girls in their sparkly wraps excited for their friends to come over:

We had our traditional fondue with bread, veggies, fruit and octopi (turkey dogs) - yummy!


There were the requisite bouts of tickling:



Quite a bit of stair sliding:

Getting ready with noisemakers and bubbly for adults and kids for the (early) countdown!

Our attempt at a group shot:

We had such a good time! Happy New Year!