Skeet Shooting with the Crew
My dad is always so proud that Jenna and I are such good shooters. We went a lot when we were young and I remember holding my own against my high school guy friends. It's funny that he's still so proud about it, but it just means so much to him that we care enough to try/succeed at something he cares about so much. We had a great time, and my dad said that this was definitely "True Fun" for him.
My dad is always so proud that Jenna and I are such good shooters. We went a lot when we were young and I remember holding my own against my high school guy friends. It's funny that he's still so proud about it, but it just means so much to him that we care enough to try/succeed at something he cares about so much. We had a great time, and my dad said that this was definitely "True Fun" for him.
Hanging at the house- Baking, games, grandpa working on rockets with the kids.
New Years Eve brought out our traditional paper-plate countdown.
New Years Eve brought out our traditional paper-plate countdown.
Some of the things that we included this year were:
**Glow rockets and remote control cars at the church. (Plus a spontaneous Cousin-Crew-Primary-Chair photoshoot)
*Playing Cousin-Crew Dungeons and Dragons with Uncle Matt
**Favorite Things Gift Exchange
**Prize Punch (Lucy was so tired, she just couldn't hang.
**Glow Dance Party featuring several rousing renditions of "The Macarena". This was my favorite thing! (Backstory, in 1999 - my Aunt Kim and Uncle Marti hosted the best New Years Eve party EVER and this song was key in that celebration. Going into this year, my mom wanted to recreate that celebration. Even though this looked significantly different than that did - we had a fantastic time and it was probably our families best NYE celebration!
**Countdown with the kids, then games until the countdown for the adults!
Our family has adopted Brooklyn's family's tradition of having everyone make one prediction for the coming year. It's fun to write them down and look back at them the following year. (We keep them on top of the bookshelf on a random piece of paper.) This year we also included one goal for the year. In addition to that, we added another piece to the tradition. We used plastic cups to toast Martinellis and before we toasted, we all wrote down one thing we liked from the past year and one thing we were looking forward to in the coming year. I really liked that and would love to continue to incorporate that into our traditions.
*Playing Cousin-Crew Dungeons and Dragons with Uncle Matt
**Favorite Things Gift Exchange
**Prize Punch (Lucy was so tired, she just couldn't hang.
**Glow Dance Party featuring several rousing renditions of "The Macarena". This was my favorite thing! (Backstory, in 1999 - my Aunt Kim and Uncle Marti hosted the best New Years Eve party EVER and this song was key in that celebration. Going into this year, my mom wanted to recreate that celebration. Even though this looked significantly different than that did - we had a fantastic time and it was probably our families best NYE celebration!
**Countdown with the kids, then games until the countdown for the adults!
Our family has adopted Brooklyn's family's tradition of having everyone make one prediction for the coming year. It's fun to write them down and look back at them the following year. (We keep them on top of the bookshelf on a random piece of paper.) This year we also included one goal for the year. In addition to that, we added another piece to the tradition. We used plastic cups to toast Martinellis and before we toasted, we all wrote down one thing we liked from the past year and one thing we were looking forward to in the coming year. I really liked that and would love to continue to incorporate that into our traditions.
Shantel:
Prediction- at least one country goes to war with Russia (Ukraine survives and begins a valiant recovery)
Goal- Learn to make Sourdough Bread
David:
Prediction- Utah Jazz wins the #1 pick in the draft
Goal- Learn to make Birria tacos
Happy New Year!
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