New Years Eve in Idaho

We hadn't seen Grandma and Grandpa for a long time, so after Grandma recovered from Covid, we decided to go up for New Year's Eve. The weather was really nice. In fact, December really didn't have any storms. We spent two nights with the Daniels, and the Ferlans were with us quite a bit, too. 

On the day we arrived, Grandpa had reserved tickets to a movie in an actual theater. This was a pretty big deal because 2020 hadn't really allowed an outings like that. We watched a new movie called The War with Grandpa, which was also unique because movies haven't generally been released this year. We really enjoyed the time out together, and Grandpa made sure there were plenty of treats, too.

It was fun to go to the movies!

The boys love spending time with Grandma.

Mark is so good to play with the little cousins.

New Years Eve was the next day, and the kids were really excited to wake up at Grandma's house, because she lets them wake up early and watch cartoons. When Mom and Dad finally woke up, Mom enjoyed going to visit her friend Angee who just moved to Rigby, and Dad helped Grandpa build a shelf. Later that day we had fun playing games. Then we helped Grandma prepare a big dinner. We had missed coming up for Thanksgiving so Grandma and Grandpa saved a turkey to eat with us on New Year's Eve.

Stephane made party hat rolls! She is so creative!

It felt a lot like Thanksgiving!

We enjoyed our big dinner with the Ferlans, Brittany, and Grandma and Grandpa. Then we filled the night with fun activities. The boys watched the Jazz game while the girls did some nail activities. Then we played games until close to ten. Grandpa had brownies and ice cream for dessert. Our final adventure came when Stephanie brought out her dollar store bags. She had purchased noise makers, and confetti, and poppers, and all sorts of things to celebrate the New Year. The cousins made a lot of noise for about 20 minutes, and then we sent the Ferlans on their way home, and went to bed!

Abby painted Mom's nails.

We played a lot of games!

We also played games on Grandma's phone and iPad.

Dax did a puzzle with Grandma and Brittany.

Happy New Year!

It was SO LOUD!

We take a picture at Thanksgiving every year, so we had to squeeze one in during 2020!