After we had gotten home from the nature center -- and endured the whole car fiasco -- we started making dinner. Over the past few years, we've spent Christmas with the Elsmo's enjoying a relaxing dinner consisting of several courses. We of course love eating this way, but so do our kids! And we really missed a meal like that over the holidays (we miss the Elsmo's too....), so decided New Year's Eve. was the perfect occasion. Scott, Ali and A swung by for a little visit in the afternoon, which seemed very appropriate. They are such a huge part of our "new" Wisconsin life -- and it was so great to do a little pre-New Year celebration with them. Around 6pm, my cousin, Justin, and his family (who just moved to the area a month ago from Tampa, Florida) came over to join us. We had such a great time. Justin, Amy and the girl's had to leave around 9pm for another celebration, while Chris, Penny, Brian and I continued eating and trying to stay awake until midnight. The three youngest kids crashed around 9:30 p.m. H did his best to stay awake until 12:00, but fell asleep on the sofa a few minutes shy of it. Honestly, we didn't stay awake much past -- but we did it!
New Year's Eve. Celebration Dinner:
Olive Cheese Puffs
Mediterranean Salad with Prosciutto and Pomegranate || Bon Appetit
French Onion Soup || Paula Deen
Mushroom Ravioli with Green Pea Purée || Vegetarian Times
Steamed Mussels || Tyler Florence
Caramel Budino with Salted Caramel Sauce || Bon Appetit
2 comments:
We made it!!! Yippee!
I know that was a sympathy mention because of the hard time I gave you about your 2011 year in review mention! But it's ok with me :) I'll take it
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