Ringing in 2012

Happy New Year!!  We are relieved to put 2011 behind us and excited for what 2012 will hold.  Tom was able to take the first 6 hours off today, so that meant we were able to ring in the new year a little different than last year!!! (on the couch sleeping) Our original plans were to go to dinner and a movie but the final showing of our movie was at 6:45pm.  We decided to go to the movie first and then see what the night held for us.  We saw We Bought a Zoo, it was such a good movie.  I got teary eyed several times, we are both certain that our boys wanted us to see this movie.  It had an inner story line about healing from grieving the loss of a loved one and moving on and learning to find your happy again.

After the movie we decided against going out to dinner so we hit up Walmart to pick up some snacks, party supplies, and a few games.  We met Zack and Kimmy at home to start the festivities!!

We had a few drinks, ate some snacks, played games, and watched Dick Clark's Rocking New Years Eve Party!!  When the clock struck 12 we shared our first kiss of 2012 and blew our horns to ring in a new year that offers a fresh start. 

2011 is a year we will always consider bittersweet. It was the year we became parents, the year our family grew from 3 to 5, we learned what unconditional love for your children felt like, but the year also brought the worst heartache we will ever experience in our life time.  The loss of Eli and Hunter has consumed us this year, we made it through the first year without them, it was the most difficult year of our lives but we survived thanks to the help of our amazing family and friends.