New Year's with the Langes

We had some great New Year's Eve plans this year - spending them with the Langes.  We went up to Rochester and stayed at their house for the night.  The kids always have a blast together and so do the adults, so we knew we would have a great night.  As seems to be the theme lately, we didn't take nearly enough pictures, but here are a few from the kids' New Year's countdown (at 8:30!) before they went to bed.

Jaime found some old poppers that she had for years.  She couldn't remember how old they were or when she bought them, so we had no clue if they would even work.  We gave them to Bridgette and Cameron, saying that the poppers were only for kids who were at least five. Abby and Leah had no problem with that and were content to watch the big kids set off the poppers.

Jeff giving last minute direction on how to use the poppers.

We counted down from 10 and POP - they worked!

Cameron's popper

They all went running and spent the next 15 minutes playing in the streamers and confetti that came out of the poppers.  Jaime made the excellent call of doing the poppers in the tile hallway, which made cleaning up quite a bit easier.

They had a blast playing in it.

Another countdown from 10... and Happy New Year!

After the kids went to bed, the adults stayed up and played games until well after midnight.  We had a great night with great friends.

2012 was an amazing year for the Walker Family and we can't wait to see what 2013 brings us!