New Year Post

It's a new year. You might be wondering how we celebrated the new year here in Alaska. It involves fondue and sparkling white zinfandel. Erin and Anthony came over and helped us celebrate by playing video games and watching the ball drop.

First, some fondue pictures.

This is Erin trying to find the crusty cheese at the bottom of the fondue pot.

And this is Aaron and Anthony posing with fondue.

Erin then did some Wii bowling.

Aaron is frightened by Anthony's dominating Wii bowling technique.

Anthony was a real bowler once, you know. Had his own shoes and everything. That doesn't always translate into video game bowling skills, unfortunately.

At midnight, Alaska time, we all had ourselves a toast of sparkling wine.

We stayed up until about 2 or 3 in the morning watching the movie Serenity. Well, Anthony fell asleep a little, but they were still here until late.

On Sunday, I woke up at the crack of noon. Then Samara made a good breakfast of fried potatoes and onions. We called Erin and Anthony, and Erin and Samara went grocery shopping, while Anthony sat on our floor and worked on his homemade snowshoes.

I'm hopeful that they'll work, since they look pretty cool. Me? I went the lazy route and ordered some discount snowshoes from Sierra Trading. I also ordered some hiking boots that were on sale, and Samara has boots, snowpants, and gloves on the way. We should all be ready for a winter hike soon.

We've heard from a number of folks around the new year, and it sounds like everyone is doing well. You can't ask for more than pleasant news from all your loved ones around the new year.

So, again, Happy New Year, everyone.