2014 brought with it a lot of joy for our family. We shared in some great summer memories year round! I graduated from college and started a new job! And then I turned 30! The girls went on to Pre-K and 2nd grade! We were all happy and healthy! We also had the opportunity to make new friends and to strengthen our relationships with our old friends.
As with every holiday it seems, we had a tradition, NYE was spent ringing in the new year with the Syers' family. We had done so for about four years. However, Santa Clause brought the Syers family a vacation to California this year and they departed on Christmas day.
So, us VanDusseldorps decided that we would attend the neighborhood NYE party! But, first we would enjoy a German feast with some of our closest neighbors and friends, the Freemans and the Gullicksons.
Nate and I prepared some schnitzel, spaetzel and potato pancakes. Our friends also brought a dish to share. We gathered on the last night of 2014 and enjoyed a lovely (I will not even pretend that the salad on the table made this a healthy meal) German feast and some Dunkle!
The kids enjoyed a pizza at the kids table!
Then, we all left for the Hornsby's NYE party. The Hornsby's are members at the neighborhood pool and we have gotten to know their family a bit better. We joined other neighbors and pool members at the Hornsby home!
However, the excitement and late bed times do not settle well for Elizabeth, so we decided to head home to ring in the New Year is a quieter environment. Jeff F. joined us because Debbie and their kids went home early.
We poped the champagne and the girls toasted with a glass of pink lemonade!
Then we let the kids pop poppers and toot their horns in the front yard to remind all of the sleeping neighbors that it is 2015!
And then...as usual, at about 12:08 a.m. we were ready for bed!
We brought in 2015 in a different way than usual. But, with a new year, comes new things. Who knows what the last day of 2015 will bring!
Happy New Year friends!
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