The New Year Celebration

My whole family came in to town for New Year's Eve and the boys were ecstatic to have everyone at their own house. They were thrilled that their cousins Megan and Owen were spending the night crammed into our cozy condo. Even Uncle Nathan made it, much to Kai's delight!



We ate dinner at Hackney's on Lake and then spent the rest of the night swimming in the pool at the hotel where my parents were staying. Aunt Heather showed Jett how to blow water out the end of a noodle, so he spent the majority of his time in the pool trying to splash all of us in the face. Thanks, Aunt Heather! When Kai got splashed in the face he took it in stride, thank goodness. He spent most of the time in the water trying to get Owen with the noodle. I spent most of my time in the water looking longingly at the hot tub.








We swam until way past the boys' bedtime, and then had snacks and champaign in the hotel lobby until my boys started asking to go home at about 10:30.

The next day we drove back to the hotel for more swimming and then opened Christmas presents while we watched Michigan State get clobbered in the Capital One bowl. Sigh.



We spent the rest of the evening playing games and eating pizza.




Kai's favorite game was hiding his new dominoes in his shirt.







It was a great start to the new year.