Aaahh- so another year has come and gone with many adventures. We decided to ring in the new year by actually leaving the house AND celebrating with friends. We even got a teensy bit dressed up. It was so unlike us and we surprised ourselves by having a good time!
We headed over to my friend Cami's house and I got to play with two of my favorite friends all night long.
Mom broke out the Walker Party Hats at about 11 PM and everyone actually wore them! Mom was so very happy to see the tradition continue.
We all made it until midnight and watched the ball drop and drank our champagne. We finally headed home and got to bed around 1AM and mom and dad were miserable the next day. They didn't drink but, man, when you don't see 1 AM unless you are in the emergency room with me, it makes for a rough next day.
Normally, on New Year's Day, we like to go for a hike and be out in nature because mom thinks it brings good juju to the upcoming year but since it was a high of 20 degrees, we had to find another way to bring good vibes in. So, we spent the day putting away Christmas decorations, cleaning and finally test driving new cars for mom. We ended up at the Subaru dealership, test drove a pretty cool 2013 Outback and decided to buy one. So we went back on Wednesday, signed our life away for the next four years and were hoping to walk away with a new car. Unfortunately, our sales kid ( he couldn't have been more than 25) couldn't give us a straight answer as to when our car was going to be here. We were hoping to have pictures to post, but we still don't have a car. Hopefully, by the next blog post, we will have it. Otherwise, mom is going unleash her "I'm so disappointed in you" mom speech on the sales kid. He won't know what hit him.
Mom had to work the rest of the week, so I had my friend Collin over for a play date on Thursday and then dad and I headed out to the Wildlife Museum on Friday.
On Saturday, it finally got above freezing and was an amazingly gorgeous day with clear blue skies, no wind and bright sun shine. We decided it was time to head out for our New Year's hike. It made everyone happy and now we are sure the New Year will be good.
We wrapped up our 17 day vacation on Sunday with a trip to Costco, so it was pretty quiet. We are all a little bummed to be heading back to the cold, cruel reality of work, but mom and dad's resolution is to play the lottery more. Then we can be on permanent vacation!
We wish everyone a healthy, happy, prosperous New Year!
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