Bringing in the New Year!

We decided to celebrate New Years Eve by just relaxing and staying home. Hmmm....talk about sure signs that we are getting old.

 Funny how time flies. Just a few years ago (almost 10!! Holy Crap!!)  we were starting our college lives single and ready to mingle. 

Now we are married, expecting kid #3, and living the life!!! *A more fulfilling life lol. 

 This cartoon sums its up. Minus the alcohol and immodest attire. 
Illustrated diary entry about how I spend new years now that I am older


So we enjoyed our Last Supper of 2013. 
Decided to end the year with a "healthy" meal of stuffed pork chops, gravy, mashed potatoes, and green beans. 

Then I got the phone call from Uati that we should come over to their ward dance. Despite not having much energy for it, we decided to suck it up and stop being old futs and go to the dance. I'm glad we did. 




It was so good to see our Afele family again. We hadn't seen them since moving. Bringing in the New Year with family and being surrounded by good friends is always a great way to end the year. It was also nice to see our old Ward that had taken us in and made us feel so welcome when we first moved to Utah. 

Leila and Sefa had fun eating and playing with all the kids. I had fun dancing and laughing away with my favorite dance partner (dat guy wit da yellow beenie).

By the time we got home we were all partied out. 

The following day we had to bid farewell to our Idaho clan. Until we meet again in April!


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