Our New Year's Eve

My dad came up to help us ring in the new year! YaY! And here he is at 12:01...ringing...yeah.

But the rest of the family was awake...

...kind of...
...barely.
But we counted down to 2009!

Woo!!!
And there were lots of FIREWORKS!!!

(OOOH!)

(AAAAAAH!!)

Mike kissed me at midnight. Then went to bed at 12:09...dang - we're getting old, aren't we? Well, in our defense - I did just have invasive abdominal surgery about 60 hours ago. (It's been a bit of a long week). Which, by the way, is the reason you will not see a New Year's Eve picture of me. I can't take a real shower yet and I have "Mike washed it in the sink" hair. Yeah. It's a beast. Mike is a really terrific husband, but I'm glad we saved our money on those beauty school classes. It's not one of his skill set.

Happy 2009, everyone!