new year’s eve was so fun this year … the portion of it that i was awake, anyway :) i drank too much too early and passed out before midnight. LAME. still, what i remember of the evening was a fabulous time.

we had matt, alyssa, doug, bekki and brianne over for food and games. we munched on chips and queso, taquitos, salsa, guacamole, and, keeping with the mexican theme, ryan made a super awesome taco casserole. mmm!

then everyone who wasn’t already wearing pjs changed into them and we were all jammy matchy (except brianne, but that was ok because she had to leave early).

we put the kiddos to bed and played phase 10 (introduced to all of us by brianne), apples to apples (always a crowd pleaser), and pictionary … which i was shamefully terrible at because i lost all ability to draw after two turns.

to wrap it up and kick off the new year, some wishes for you, dear readers, that i stole from my lovely friend kat:

‎”may your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. i hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. and i hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.” -n.g.

happy 2011 to you and yours <3