The Neilsen's invited us to get together with the Wright's and Phelp's. They mercifully allowed us to have the party at our house so that we wouldn't have to find a sitter. I don't know about you other parents, but I tend to not do anything on New Year's because I can't think of any sitters that want to stay up past midnight. I am ashamed to admit that this is the first New Years' Eve that I have stayed up to welcome in the New Year for several years. Tyler says he usually comes to kiss me on the cheek at midnight and I mumble something in my sleep (what can I say, I am the life of the party).
But not this year. We had dinner and some scrumptious snacks and played games into the wee hours. Camille always comes up with fun things to do, and I have to admit that I had WAY too much fun playing Mafia. I don't think I played enough growing up because I didn't even remember the rules, but it didn't take long for everything to sink in. Having a smaller group, we eventually took the traditional 2 mafia hitmen down to just one and I am proud to say that I single-handedly took out the entire town twice (I must lie better than I thought, and I am pretty sure no one in that room will ever really believe what I say again). Especially Camille; I have no idea how I convinced her twice to gang up on Bryan and leave me alive? She says I look innocent (hardly).
We all got a little punch drunk and drowsy as the hours waned. There were a few gigglers, but I won't name names. Finally the witching hour arrived and we went outside to light Sparklers and ring in the New Year.
I thought it very appropriate that there were eight of us in a circle waving sparklers in honor of 2008! I didn't grab my camera until the very end, so I missed some good shots, but I personally think these show off a lot of our personality.
Awards for the evening go to Tyler for best saxophone made out of clay, Camille for guessing Atkins Diet (amazing), Maleen for killing the most people, Kari for cheating the most and not being noticed, and the Phelps for being the most romantic couple (it wasn't until we came inside after doing sparklers that I realized we should kiss our honeys. I mentioned this, and everyone realized that we hadn't done this except the Phelps who said they had kissed a long time ago. Way to keep the marriage spark going Katie and Bleep). Thanks for a great evening everyone, and Happy New Year!
You forgot Raging Stallion, "Best Narrator." Everyone was saying it. Oh and by the way, Eric should get the "Yakkiest to Death" award (if there is one) since he yakked so much everyone wanted to kill 'em.
ReplyDeletesounds like fun! Can you believe that I dont know what the game mafia is? Hmmmm I thought I was the game queen. I guess I will have to get a lesson. Happy New Year! See you when I get home.
ReplyDeleteWow- that looked like a lot of fun. I love mafia too! Way to go on being big party animals!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget playing "It Takes Two"...I think its the only game we came close to winning.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!! So fun. The pictures do capture all of your personalities beautifully!
ReplyDeleteClose? Bleep, you guys rocked that game. It wasn't even a competition. We may as well have handed the money to you from the beginning. I've never seen a couple dominate the game like you did. Although, I swear if you had gotten the Mafia paper, you would have done well at that too. Were you ever NOT a citizen?
ReplyDeletei know what you mean, I don't think I've been to a party or had one since we had the kids. This year our parents came over to hang out and play games. Most of the time though, its Happy New Year before the new year even gets here.
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