We spent this New Years Eve with Doug's cousin Aaron and his family. His wife Loni and I have lots in common, Doug and Aaron are both cranky old men and his son Parker and Huston have a blast together. Loni and I took the opportunity to try out lots of recipes we love and some we found on Pinterest. Menu included Cheesecake, 7 Layer Dip, Pizza Dip, Potato Skins, Lil' Smokies, Jalapeno Cream Cheese Croissants.....needless to say we cooked way too much food for our small party!
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| Cheesecake |
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| 7 Layer Dip |
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| Potato Skins |
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| Pizza Dip |
The boys had lots of fun playing and entertained us for awhile. It was almost like being in Times Square with all of the balls and noise.
They soon created their own game. One would shout out "STAIRS" and they would go to the bottom landing of the stairs and slide down. They started out on their bottoms....
....and soon became daredevils and went down headfirst. Then, one would yell "WATER!"
And they would head to the bath and fill up a bowl of water and blow bubbles in it.
Our cranky old men watched TV and made fun of everyone and everything (it's a Jones trait).
As usual, us ladies were behind the cameras instead of in the pics, but I promise you we looked fabulous, sparkly and even fixed our hair. And we most definitely did not end up in our pj's by 9pm.....really. Okay, maybe we did but we did make it til midnight and toasted with some yummy champagne.
It was a great start to the New Year and we are so lucky to have a family that we love to hang out with so close to us.
Happy 2012!
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