Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

We hope you had a fun celebration last night. We didn't have any grand plans and just hung out at the house. I wasn't sure if I could stay up until midnight, but I somehow managed. Around 11:45pm, we went outside to sit on the porch and see what was going on around us. Our neighbors (the ones that came over for Christmas) were on their porch too so we celebrated with them. They had Martinelli's Sparkling Cider (or a similar kind) they wanted to share with us. I was so excited. Poor George had to listen to me complain earlier in the evening that we didn't have any. I always have that on New Years Eve... even in Sudan and Kenya. They have it at a store here, but I forgot to get it. So, when they offered it, we happily accepted. In return, we gave them some cookies that I made that evening.

We rang in the New Year with them and watch people shoot off fireworks. We heard lots of guns being shot in the air which always makes me nervous. (Those bullets have to land somewhere.) Eli woke up around 12:30 for a feeding and celebrated with us, although he had no idea what was going on. Then it was back to bed for him and we followed soon after.

We look forward to 2013 and see all the the Lord has planned for everyone.