Ringing in the New Year

The kids ditched us for Papa's house for New Year's this year.  So we decided to break out my new party shoes and head for the west border to hit up Wendover for the evening. We arrived around dinner time and ate ourselves silly, then returned to the hotel for a while before we donned our party hats and hit up the casino's to have some fun.

We had a great time people watching, playing some slots and getting out on the dance floor a little and actually staying awake until midnight to cheer it on with the crowd.
The kids were busy partying at Papa's and I received this pic of them with their cousins with party hats and their Jelly Belly champagne bottles.

After we returned home the next day and relaxed some, we continued to ring in the new year with one of my longest time friends, Scott, and his wife Holly with some dinner and nearly 3 hours of conversation.  We did the math and determined we've been friends for 24 years! Crazy!

And the kids continued having fun at Papa's. Faith even had a little "New Year, New us." party and took her new makeup from Santa to give them all makeovers. Papa was even a good sport and donned some blush and eye shadow at Faith's insistence to "fix his face."

We got to enjoy 3 full days of adult-only time where we watched some movies both at home and one at the theater, enjoyed the quiet house lounging around with the fireplace blazing, put together a large puzzle Mike received for Christmas and did a few errands while the kids played their hearts out at Papa's. I spent time with friends, got my kiss at midnight, broke even on the slots and got Mike actually out on the dance floor, not once but twice! 2016 is definitely starting out as a WIN!