The night was originally going to be a wine and sushi night - a quiet evening, a gal and her guy.

Then Christian, Al's coworker called. He was going to his sister's house and wondered if we wanted to come. So we hoped into the car to begin our new years eve celebration.

The people there were all completely charming. Christian's niece, Blue, was up for a bit. She snacked on some cereal before heading to bed. Then we all played charades, ate rice crispies, brought in the new year around midnight and finished the night off playing a late game of Scrabble. I can honestly say it was one of the best new years eves I've had in a while - good, intelligent, fun, interesting people. I spied a jar on the mantle labeled sand from the Sahara Desert. Imagine what kind of stories you could get out of these people!

Hope you all brought the new year in right! happy 2009!!!