Here is how we counted down the New Year! Oh, yeah, we are a wild and crazy bunch aren't we?

As you can see, one of our monkey's was missing. Here is how our littlest party animal rang in 2008:

We had a great Christmas vacation...although I could have done without the stomach bug that tore through the house the first week.

The kids got a ton of new toys. We were determined to cut back on the number of presents we bought the kids this year. And, while we did, it wasn't till after we were wrapping everything up that we reallized the only thing we cut back on were clothes. Normally we get the kids 10 to 12 gifts (and santa brings 3 stocking stuffer presents) and they get about 5 or 6 outfits. This year they each got 12 toys, 3 stocking stuffers, and only 1 shirt and 2 pants. But, my kids aren't spoiled...really....(*sniff sniff*...can you smell the denile, here folks?)

Oh, and I have to tell what Spencer and Moira said during our New Years party (or par-TAY, if you are hip and happening...what do you mean no one says 'hip and happening' anymore? I need to get out more often) Ok, here is the transcript of the whole conversation:

Spencer: So, what is Christmas about again? Whose birthday is it celebrating? Santa, right?

me: No, Christmas celebrates Jesus's birthday (snicker snicker, giggle giggle)

me (to Dennis): that is so going into my blog!

Moira: Jesus is Santa's boogey? (I'll explain that Moira calls boogers boogeys)

me and Dennis: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Ok, maybe it's just because it was 11pm at night, and we might have been hopped up on summer sausage and cheese, but I just found that funny.

So, one last note about New Years. Moira made it till midnight! She actually fell asleep at 11:58, but then the boys made noise when the ball started dropping and she snapped awake and was celebrating with the rest of us...not that we party hard here or anything, but she ran around giving everyone new years kisses, and tried to push Dennis and me apart when we did our new years kiss saying "My turn for kisses!! MOVE BACK!"

So, to end on that note: here is a new years kiss from Moira: