New Years!!! Life is Sweet!!

We totally enjoyed staying home for a couple of days following Christmas.  Birch worked, we cleaned up the house and Christmas decorations, and we all went to bed early and slept in late (well, except Birch).  After work on Wednesday we loaded up and headed to spend a few days in Spokane.  Everyone but Tavia and her family were in Spokane so you can imagine the partying was endless!! 

The first party we kicked off was a surprise retirement party for Grannie!!

I had a great time doing the decorations with Alysee's help.

Logan and Julia opened their beautiful home to host the party.

Retirement is sweet!!!

Each family did a little tribute to Grannie.

Blayre's family

Carter giving "Grannie-Mommy" a hug. 

Kelly's family

Our family - "Lean on Me" - tweaked version

Juje!!!  

Brent's family

Blayre and Ryan made a sweet treat letter.

These girls did the cutest dance/song together.  I'm so mad -- I thought I recorded it but only got a picture.

Logan's family did a little charades game guessing the various jobs Grannie has had throughout her life. 

Watching Tavia and Vaughn's family tribute that they sent over as they were in Utah for Vaughn's parent's mission homecoming.

Grannie had lots of kids willing to help open her gift...a Vitamix blender.

Pretty sure this was all the kids favorite part of the evening!

 Wish you were there? 

https://youtu.be/SVwNWD-RjW8

After the party we got the kids all situated and the adults all went out to eat!!  It was so fun to be sans kids.

New Year's Eve!!!!

Hours and hours of games!!!

Smorgasboard of favorites for dinner.

These cousins all got to go to a Stake Dance together!!  It was Lucy's first dance.  So fun for them to all share these times together.

Toasting at midnight!

Kissing my Lover at midnight!!

We ended out trip with attending Blayre's ward for Rhett's baby blessing.  It was so wonderful to be altogether!