Happy New Year!

A brave friend had us over to her house for a New Year's Party along with about twelve other families, our church plus a few others. When I say families, I mean f-a-m-i-l-i-e-s! Minimum number of children three and maximum ten, with children's spouses and children's children starting to appear also! Once again, there was tons of food (these holidays are a little rough on the waistlines!) and games.

Everyone was supposed to dress up as a literary character, preferably one from a book read during the last year. You had to come with a clue and give that clue to everyone and let them guess who you were.

TheLittlestPrincess wasn't hard to figure out:

AdventureQueen and her uncle went as Uncle Tom and Topsy from Uncle Tom's Cabin.


My sister's three boys went as Robin Hood, Friar Tuck and Little John. Friar Tuck actually had a special haircut for the occasion and had it all buzzed off the next day.


It became so crowded that I forgot to get pictures of the other children. And me with my new digital camera too! Argh! The boys went as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. They were so cute in their dirty overalls and straw hats. PearlKeeper and her fiancee went as Freckles and Angel from Gene Stratton Porter's book, Freckles. The other girls went as Jane Austen's Emma and Rowena from Ivanhoe. There were many other characters there too.

The best part of the evening was when our church treasurer called us all out onto the front deck and told us all we had just paid off the debt on our new church property. He then lit the note on fire while we all cheered! Now we can start putting our money into a much needed building! Yippee!

We are thankful for this past year and look forward to the new one. Happy New Year to everyone!