Happy New Year!

We started our New Year's celebration in the afternoon with swimming at the Rec. center. After dinner, we did our Christmas Eve shopping that got delayed this year due to colds. We teamed up (Nick, Em, Ty; Colin, Tiffany, Calvin; Jen, Devon, Tameeka) and did some sneaky secret shopping for each other at Wal-Mart. We decided we like doing our shopping tradition on New Year's Eve better than Christmas Eve because there's hardly anyone at the store, and there's more presents to look forward to after Christmas is over! Here's the gifts we got:

Colin- mug and hot chocolate mix, Jen- a pretty brown bowl (like to put soup or oatmeal in!), Nick- slippers and a jar of pickles, Calvin- chocolate chip muffin mix, hat, candy bar, and a coconut, Devon- permanent markers, drawing paper, and spray paint, Emily- bottle of 7-Up, markers, andP.J.'s, Tyrese- robot transformer (which we later found out was broken so we exchanged it for a fire truck the next day), Tiffany- head bands and colorful craft puff balls, Tameeka- princess slippers (which we exchanged the next day because they were too small, and we got a pair for Tiffy too because she was so sad she didn't get any!).

So, after our shopping and gift opening, the T's went to bed, and Colin made some lots of popcorn . After playing "High School Musical", we lit some fireworks at midnight, drank lots of sparkling cider and had some pretty hilarious burping contests! (I'm still considering whether or not to post video footage of that). Then we watched one of our favorite movies "That Thing You Do."

Devon learned how to make some fire crackers, and most of them were a success! (under close parental supervision of course!)
We picked up the game "High School Musical" at the D.I. for $2. We played the game for a little while and then realized why someone donated it (it got kind of boring). So, we decided to do our character's pose on the front of the game. Can you guess who is who?


Happy 2011 everyone!