Ethan:
Happy New Year!
We had a blast last night having our ‘family’
New Year’s Eve party at the Inn. The
buffet dinner was amazing; and then there was something for everyone at the
party – whether that was video gaming in one of the small dining rooms;
football in the other; or dancing and socializing in the main dining room.
Ehlana and I spent nearly all of our time
there with Naomi and Aiden, but we had fun with our cousins, family, and other
friends too. Aiden and I got involved in
the gaming and football; I danced with Naomi a half-dozen times; and yes, Naomi
shared a midnight kiss with me too. Don’t
have too much fun with that – at least we didn’t get the whistles, cheers, and
cat-calls that Cassie and Michael – and some of the other couples – got for
their more-serious sort of first New Year embraces.
We wrapped up that party and eventually
came home and crashed into nap mode; and then we had a rush around here this
morning as we got through breakfast; helped our weekend guests to pack and load
up for their trips home; and then do the rounds of goodbyes that included doing
a bit of running around for some of us as we said goodbye to the gang staying
with Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace. They
left first, since they had the longest drive; and everyone was hoping to get
home or elsewhere in time to still catch most of the New Year’s Day football or
other parties while missing out on most of the holiday travel crush.
There was some work to get done around our
house to get ready for the football watching party that we hosted this
afternoon; and Ehlana and I helped with getting the lounge and our rooms ready
for the kids to play in while the sunroom was again set up for chick flicks and
the living room was reserved for the football.
It was time to have fun again by noon; we had rotating groups of
visitors all afternoon along with the guests that were here for the long haul
of the football marathon; and we – the kids – got to play for the rest of the
day. For Aiden and me, that meant a lot
of video gaming in the lounge with Zack, Eli, and all of the other younger guys
with cameo appearances from some of the teens – including Michael and Tim. Lunch and dinner were both buffets; there
were lots of snacks; and more pizzeria pizza was involved in the food fun today
too; so we were happy campers all day.
We’ve been partying and gaming all evening;
I’m not going to comment on Cassie and Michael’s bedtime visit to us at around
ten o’clock because some of us don’t need to know the details for why they
wanted to be alone for the rest of the night – though we did take the hint and
stay away from their room. The parents
rounded up their kids after the last football game, chick flick, and bedtime
chat; took them home; and Ehlana and I helped out with the clean-up once we’d
seen our guests out.
Now I’m ready to crash after four very busy
big-family days, and that’s all I have to report for this amazing first day of
2019; so I’m going to do that for the handful of hours we have left for our
naps.
Ethan – out!
***
Ehlana:
What Ethan said; and add in the following:
Boys are scary eaters.
Brianna tired all of the rest of the girls
out with her non-stop need to play and have fun.
We had fun with some mother-daughter time –
and with the teens too when Cassie, May, and Rowen had time for us in return.
It’s a good thing that Dads are cuddly;
since football is boring for younger girls – even when we’re Magi Masters and
can at least appreciate the strategy part of the game; if not the need for boys
to go around pounding on each other while fighting over a ball.
Learn to share, kids! ;^)
Finally, I danced with Aiden last night
whenever Naomi got Ethan to dance with her; and we shared a tiny little New
Year’s Eve kiss too that almost nobody in the room noticed by comparison even
to Naomi’s kiss with Ethan. Aiden’s the
youngest of us; and I don’t have a problem with waiting until we’re both old
enough to truly be interested in that kind of romance – even if Naomi would be
happy to get married to Ethan and move in with him now if they could.
That’s not a joke – just a fun fact.
Okay, I’m ready to crash now too; so I
will. We’ve had an amazing end to last
year and start to the new one; so let’s hope that we continue to have an
awesome 2019!
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
