The Draz Fam

New Year’s Eve: Last year we were able to fool the children. We set the clocks ahead a few hours. When they read 12:00 we watched the ball fall (a previous year’s celebration on YouTube) and headed for bed. Drew was confused when he noticed the clock on my nightstand read 9:30; I pleaded ignorance.

We knew that we wouldn’t be able to get away with setting the clocks ahead again. Jay had to work and neither Jen nor I wanted to stay up until midnight with two tired boys, so we just told them that we were all going to bed at 9:00 this year. We did some celebrating during the early evening. First the boys headed outside with Papa for some football. Then we all headed for the hot tub; it was strange to have no snow as we celebrated the last day of December.

On New Year’s Day cousin Tommy came for a visit. Everyone headed back to the hot tub; it finally snowed so the ground was white as we welcomed January, 2012.

In the evening Jen and I enjoyed some wine. For whatever reason we decided that it would be fun to go to the new Woodbury Super Target???? We enlisted Papa as our sober driver, told Karli she was going on an adventure (trust me, Target is exciting when you’re in lock-down), and off we went. Drew put in a request for Quakes and Ry wanted dry erase markers. Jen and Karli spent a LONG time looking at clothes. However, since Karli wears pajamas 24/7, and there were no PJs that caught her eye, much to Jen’s dismay we left with no new clothes for Karli.

At the end of the day the children enjoyed snacks, iPad time and some bedtime stories.

It’s been a wonderful year for the Draz Fam. Watch for our top ten events of the year.
Nana Barb
Yes, I know I’ve used the following quote before. There are more profound quotes about welcoming the new year, but this is my favorite:
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey