New Years

We had a great New Years Day. We had 2 1/2 other couples over to our house and 13 kids total. It went great. We did fondue for supper. Now the last time we tried this I got totally sick from the oil so I still did 2 pots of oil for the others but 1 pot of chicken broth for me. It was great. I preferred it for the veggies and the chicken- it really added a great flavor. We sat in our hot tub and then played "Guitar Hero". Thanks Julie for bringing it- It was really fun!

The next day didn't go as planned. We were supposed to get together over at Terri's house. We got a call that my brother Duane got in a car accident and needed to go to the hospital. Being stubborn- he wouldn't ride in an ambulance!
We first took him to Zeeland Hospital because we thought he only needed stitches in his head.
When we got there and I saw it- I about died! He had a 28 cm laceration from one sided of his head over to the other and it was down to his skull!
He is a very lucky person- he didn't even have a concussion. Thank goodness for air bags. He hit an icy patch and hit a tree at 55 mph!

They couldn't take care of it at this hospital so then he did have to take an ambulance to Butterworth to have them take care of it.
We got home around 11:00. I'm just thankful he's ok!
Now I'm hoping that's a sign that 2008 is going to be good because obviously he's very fortunate!


I'll be back posting starting Monday when the kids go back to school. Happy New Years to you all!

New Years

We got together with friends on New Years Eve. We always used to do Fondue but my stomach couldn't take it anymore so we tried something new this year. We got pizza kits and then got our own extras to make pizzas. The kids really liked it. I have to give credit where it's due- the guys made the pizza's and they turned out great! Seriously- my favorite pizza is at the Clover Restaurant and this tasted very similar.
It was wonderful! We decided next year to do french dips- that should be good too!
As the night progressed Mark and I found ourselves a little concerned with Brenda and Nate. It turns out they have a strange strange routine that they do between the 2 of them. All of a sudden as we were playing a card game they started "rhyming" words.
Well it must have been contagious because we got sucked into it as well and words were rhyming all around the table. It sounds ridiculous I know but we all had tears streaming down our faces and our stomachs hurt from laughing so hard. I promise you- there hadn't even been 1 drink of alcohol consumed by any of us!!!
We really did have fun- even though at 11:00 I was begging to just let me lay down on the floor for a little bit because I was so tired! How insane that it's that hard for me to stay awake till midnight- I even took a little nap in the afternoon but it didn't help. Getting old really stinks! Have a great 2007 everyone!