... we started to get dressed up for our big family celebration. (Once Rayna saw me getting nicer clothes on, she wanted to also. She insisted on wearing her flower-girl dress from last spring, and then when she saw my belt, she wanted one, too!)
After most of the kids were in bed, though, Pete and I went to a real, adult party! It was so fun -- and classy! We're so not used to that!
On New Year's Day, we went up to my parents' house for another classy meal -- this time with kids, though. :)
Since 2011 marks the year that Mor-Mor will turn 90, we started off her birthday celebration a tad early! We shared a lot of Mor-Mor-and-Grandpa stories, watched a video about her life, and had birthday cake (berries for Mor-Mor).
Four generations of ladies:
And 4 generations of first-borns!
(Thanks for looking so cheery, Strider)
We seem to be getting decidedly less Scandavian-looking with each generation.
It's been wonderful having Mor-Mor here to celebrate holidays and birthdays this season! A good start to a new year.
(Oh -- and the other notable thing about this New Year's Day was that we took a small step toward acclimating to our new Southern culture: we had collard greens for dinner! And they were actually pretty alright.... but then I guess anything tastes good with bacon.)
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