We celebrated the New Year with the Herman family again this year. Then, the next day, we got to celebrate Maiya's third birthday.
Backing up a bit, the week before we rang in the New Year we had a great visit from the Pruss family. We had our final Christmas celebration as the kids opened their gifts. The kids all played together the whole day and then the adults got to hang out and watch a movie while they slept quietly. We really enjoyed having them stay over and would have liked it even more if they hadn't had to pack up and head home early the next morning. Maybe next time we'll get them a little longer.
Later that week, we had a few people over to our house to watch the MSU bowl game. While they didn't win, we still managed to have a great time with our friends. Jen came from as far away as Grand Rapids. Melissa, Steve, and Jack came from Brighton. And, Ryan and Katie came from all the way across the street!
Last weekend, while the girls headed to Bravo's for Nez's birthday, Dan, Pete, and I took the kids to the Livonia Rec Center so they could play in the pool area. All three kids ended up loving everything, especially the water slide. Surprisingly, it took the most convincing to get Colin on it, but he was happy he went, and ended up going MANY more times. We then grabbed a few Hot and Ready's and waited patiently for the girls to return for presents and dessert.
You can find the last of our December photos here. And, the photos from this year can be found here.
