A Happy New Year

We celebrated New Years at home together by ordering take out, and having an at-home date night.

A friend recommended a murder-mystery game that was supposed to be a little like the Escape rooms we did for mom's birthday and my bachelorette party, but the at-home version. It was really fun to do something different even though we were staying in.

The game was incredibly thorough and provided all kinds of clues, evidence, and codes to break. 

The game actually took us until about 11 PM. We did make it up to ring in 2021 but were in bed very shortly after. 

The next day Mom, Dave, and Eric were planning to come down so we could exchange gifts with Katie's family. We got to show Eric our house for the first time, and that afternoon we went to Katie's house to have pizza for dinner.

Now that Bonnie is walking she seems to be getting much more involved and loves hanging out with her cousins.

After we put all the kids to bed, it was time to break out some games. We played the trivia game Benny and I got the week before. Then Eric gave Katie and Chris an early gift - a Blockbuster movie game. It was a lot of fun, a little bit like charades.

The next morning we did our last little Christmas celebration at their house. Katie made some delicious cinnamon rolls, a casserole, and fruit salad.

Eleanor made Bonnie the sweetest hand-sewn heart filled with cotton balls. She was so excited to give it to her. I absolutely love her thoughtful, giving heart (the real one and the sewn one), and I know Bonnie does too.

As usual, the best gift is just getting time with all these people.

That afternoon we took a walk in their neighborhood. The weather was beautiful.

When we got home Katie made another delicious dinner for us before everyone had to go their separate ways. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!