Ringing in the New Year!!

The girls were so excited for the last day of 2008. Our friends the Rider's always have a fun New Years Eve party. They have a countdown a little early for the kids. Every year, it gets a little later as the kids get older. It used to be at 8pm and now this year it was 9:30, or a little after. They've got party hats and noise makers for the kids - which of course they love - it's a little deafening for the parents, but it's fun.

Here are the girls "ringing in the new year" at 9:30.



On the drive home the girls really wanted to try and stay up until midnight, so we'd decided to let them try. They got in the jammies and we watched Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve trying to stay awake. As you can see from the pictures below, Paul and Alli didn't make it. And, they were OUT - I kept trying to wake them up when they started the countdown and they didn't budge.

It was just Emily and I. She was tired, but I think she was excited and proud of herself for making it till midnight. One funny thing though - she was grossed out by the long kiss Dick Clark gave his wife at midnight lol.

Happy 2009!!!