Happy New Year

The first day of 2011. A beautiful, somewhat warm, somewhat bright day. My entire immediate family has been here for approx 24 hours. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to have my two lovable daughters home, and my two wonderful borrowed sons. You know, the sons I now own, but didn't have to raise! hee hee...

In the past 24 hours we have had nibbles of shrimp, bacony water chestnut thingies, and bread dippie stuff. We have eaten luscious strip loins on the BBQ and tenderly cooked lobster.

Champagne at midnight, along with 2 rowdy games of dice.....

We have vegged on the couch, with wine, making lists of everything under the sun..... things for Stephanie to bring back to Korea. We recorded dates and events in a long "timeline" list. This particular event will help me in my new 2011 project. Our Rock and Roll puzzle has been a constant center of attention for everyone for about 12 hours....

7:00pm on New Years Eve...

7:00pm on Jan 1, 2011

Meanwhile.......

After lunch the family took a walk to our beloved trail by the river to try and pull together some family portrait shots.... everyone had a camera in hand... and the pictures were a blast.....

A great day... with lots of laughs... and some really awesome pictures..

How lucky am I. Happy New Year 2011