New Years Eve

For new years eve this year we went to Nathan and Sharlyn's house. We had some great food and played games. The thing that I had the most fun with was the Rock Band game that we brought. Cambria and I were playing it at our house earlier that day and she had the idea that we take it all over to their house with us when we went that night. So, I packed it all up. The guitars, drums, drum throne, PlayStation, and microphone all went into the car. It was very worth having taken as everyone had a blast with it including Monty and Linda. Linda enjoyed watching mostly, but I loved seeing her have so much fun. Monty tried the guitar a bit, had fun, but quickly decided not to change professions and enter the music scene. Even Rya and Aiden enjoyed sitting and banging away at the drums, while missing almost every note on the screen.

Most people don't like to do the drums, and after trial and error, usually default to the guitars or the microphone. So, I often get to spend my time on the drums which is what I enjoy most. Linda said it was neat to see me drum a bit, even on a fake drum set since she has never seen me on a drum set before. I miss my real drums and hope to be able to find a way to set them up again soon. They are under my parents basement stairs where they will be safe from my nieces and nephews running around and possibly breaking them. I think our neighbors would kill me if I brought them into our apartment style condos.

We watched the ball drop in New York in television and tried a game Claudia wanted us to do. For each of the last 12 seconds of the year we would put a grape in our mouth and see if we could fit them all. At the end we would yell, "Happy New Year!" with a mouth full of grapes. It was quite hilarious. We spent the next few hours playing board games then went home. We were tired but looking forward to the new year in which we would add our little girl to our family.