New Year's in North Hall {again!}

It become a tradition.

I love it!

We all pack into Rob & T's house for New Year's.

Plenty of room.

Kids play together.

Fireworks happen after dark.

Football is watched the next day.

Awesome-ness!

Rob takes the fireworks thing seriously ...

Hot coffee for a cold night!

A warm fire barrel helped a lot!

Just before midnight ...

Yummy spread for New Year's Day …

yes, there are black eyed peas & collard greens on that table!

Not too shabby a way to watch some ball, huh?!

HERE'S TO A GREAT 2014!!

Goodbye '12 ... Hello '13!

We were back to our traditional New Year's in north Hall this year ...

and it was great!

Especially since we didn't get to have Thanksgiving with the whole family.

We enjoyed lots of yummy food,

fireworks,

friends,

conversation, and

football ...

Rob knows how to put on a show ...

and he was great about letting the kids light some of the fireworks ...

and there might have been some Roman candle holding going on.

{{but what happens in north Hall stays in north Hall ...

so we'll never tell!}}

Bolt was scared TO DEATH ... so J-man gave him lots of love.

We enjoyed sparkling grape juice at midnight ...

And Bowdie enjoyed his first taste of chocolate in 12 months ...

thanks to T's friend Julie for providing a 'death by chocolate' type dessert

just for him.

He had to take a moment of silence as he let his taste buds acclimate ...

my man loves him some chocolate!

Fun times ...

great days ahead!