I'm still not ready for the kids to stay up till midnight so I made activities for each hour and when we finished them it was midnight {good thinkin' huh.}
At 6 o'clock we filled out a questionnaire about 2011 & what we are looking forward to in 2012. Worth recording...
A Little About Me
Name: Kurt
Age: 33
Fav color: turquoise
Fav food: steak & mashed potatoes
Fav activity: wrestling
Fav book: Book of Mormon
Highlights from 2011
Greatest Lesson Learned: obey and the Lord will bless you
Hardest Thing of the Year: firing Randy {former employee}
Fav Memory: Fishing with Spencer and Austin
What I loved the most about 2011: Lucy joining our family
Looking forward to 2012
Want to Learn: how to manage business from a finicial stand point
Want to get better at: organizing
Biggest goal: spend more time with my family
A Little About Me
Name: Rachel Age: 31
Fav color: red
Fav food: bread & cookies
Fav activity: family vacations and blogging
Fav book: {this year} Goose Girl
Highlights from 2011
Greatest Lesson Learned: service makes me happy & scripture study is not optional
Hardest Thing of the Year: Elaine's struggles
Fav Memory: Karen's wedding
What I loved the most about 2011: the birth of LUCY RAE
Looking forward to 2012
Want to Learn: how to raise chickens
Want to get better at: being charitable
Biggest goal: stay healthy {spiritually and phyisically}
A Little About Me
Name: Austin
Age: 8
Fav color: blue
Fav food: pizza
Fav activity:school
Fav book: {currently} 39 clues
Highlights from 2011
Greatest Lesson Learned: ???
Hardest Thing of the Year: building the trampoline with dad
Fav Memory: Ice Skating
What I loved the most about 2011: Summer
Looking forward to 2012
Want to Learn: about space
Want to get better at: helping
Biggest goal: complete Wolf {cub scouts}
A Little About Me
Name: Emma Lynn
Age: 7
Fav color: pink & orange
Fav food: pizza and mac n' cheese
Fav activity: ART!
Fav book: Junie B. Jones
Highlights from 2011
Greatest Lesson Learned: to do art
Hardest Thing of the Year: going ice skating
Fav Memory: Ice Skating
What I loved the most about 2011: going to the Discovery Center
Looking forward to 2012
Want to Learn: to play the piano
Want to get better at: art
Biggest goal: to learn gymnastics
A Little About Me
Name: Spencer
Age: 5
Fav color: blue
Fav food: pizza
Fav activity: devotional
Fav book: super heros
Highlights from 2011
Greatest Lesson Learned: Gymnastics
Hardest Thing of the Year: climbing the ropes in gymnastics
Fav Memory: being a wild kratt
What I loved the most about 2011: I got Lucy!
Looking forward to 2012
Want to Learn: piano
Want to get better at: climbing ropes at gymnastics
Biggest goal: doing all my chores in one day!
A Little About Me
Name: Ruth Age: 3
Fav color: purple
Fav food: bananas & apples
Fav activity: to eat
Fav book: Dora saves her family
Highlights from 2011
Greatest Lesson Learned: to write my name
Hardest Thing of the Year: laundry
Fav Memory: preschool
What I loved the most about 2011: sleeing
Looking forward to 2012
Want to Learn: to read a book
Want to get better at: doing laundry
Biggest goal: to draw a picture
{{I learned a few things from these: 1.Emma wants to do gymnastics. 2. Spencer wants to do piano 3. Spencer is super spiritual [he mention devotional and FHE. He also said his biggest goal for 2012 was to meet Jesus in heaven. Hope that isn't a foreshadowing...and 4. Ruth spends too much time with me. Hardest thing for a 3 year old is laundry and then she wants to get better at it in 2012! LOL So funny in a depressing way.}}
At 7 o'clock we played New Years Eve bingo using Muddy Buddies as markers. :)
At 8 o'clock we played Flashlight Limbo. You know how much fun flashlights are!
At 9 o'clock we played a quiz game that Emma Lynn made up {while eating these yummy cake pops we made together!} All the questions were about up coming dates in 2012 {What day of the week is my birthday on, the first day of fall, valentine's day, etc...} When reading the answers it was a little confusing but I think she did a fabulous job planning & preparing {and showing maturity when things didn't work out as planned.}
At 10 o'clock we made party hats.
At 11 o'clock we took pictures in our photo booth.
At 12 o'clock we danced on bubble wrap, & popped poppers while listening to the classic, "Happy New Year" by Abba.
And then the kids were in bed before 10. Super.
Top 10 Events of 2011 {in order}:
1. Lucy
2. FHE {collective}
3. Karen's wedding
4. Ice Skating
5. Family vacation to Long Beach, Washington
6. Camping at Phillips Lake
7. Pioneer Trek
8. Hot dog roast at the farm
9. Grandma's house
10. Dad camp out in Unity
Happy New Year!!!
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