Our 'Rockin and Bouncin' New Year's Eve

With New Year's on a Sunday this year, we were in for the night. But that didn't mean we couldn't still party! We invited our friends, Justin and Michelle Gatlin, and their 3 boys up from Charlotte for a New Year's sleepover. We celebrated the 'british new year' at 7PM so the kids could see the fireworks in London on TV and scream 'Happy New Year'. Then the party really got started when the Gatlins brought out their 'bounce house' that Santa had brought them. Never in a million years did I every imagine that the high ceilings in my new house would be perfect for a 'bounce house'??!! But let me tell you- the kids loved it, and the adults got to eat dinner and enjoy some chat time. Now to give you a little history, we have known the Gatlins since our time in Boston where Justin and Scott were classmates. Neither of us had children, we spent many a weekend dining out, seeing movies, travelling on spring break trips together, and staying up until all hours of the night playing Settlers or watching movies. So here we were... now with 5 boys between our two families, spending our New Years Eve with a 'bounce house' in the living room, toys scattered everywhere, children covered in ice cream sundaes, bathtime, storytime, bedtime, bedtime 'take 2' (for Nate and Tucker who were having their first sleepover ever and were way too excited to sleep), bedtime 'take 3', ..... you get the picture. And when we finally sat down to play Settlers and enjoy some adult time, there we all were, checking our watches and yawning, wondering if we should even stay up to watch the ball drop or just TIVO it and watch it in the morning!! Rockin New Year's Eve huh? How times have changed! Hope you all had a Happy New Year too!