We decided to have New Year's at our house this year.
Actually, it was a little sad.... the last several years, we've spent New Year's at the beach house. Since Hurricane Ike, it was a No-Go ;( Its only minor but no one has started the work yet....
Anyway, it was nice to celebrate in our newly renovated home. We had tons of baby-back ribs, red-beans & rice, cornbread, salads, beer & my favorite pomegranite martinis (YUM)! We lit the outdoor fireplace and the fire-pit. It was cool!
I hired a face-painter.
ALL the gals had their face painted (even the grandmas to the little girls; AND of course, us mommas!)
What a treat!
Jessie looked so cute!
Even my mother-in-law got in all the action!
Conservative Audrey, only had a small butterfly on her face and a rose on her arm.
Aren't mother & daughter cute (RuthAnn & Amanda)
Boy, she really went OVERBOARD on me; next time, we'll need to ToNe it down! Me & Regina.
I even had a little sparkle added to my leg ;-)
AND..... just to start 2009 off right, I had a couple of ladies show up in the morning to clean up the party mess (eek!) AND make a good, old-fashioned Mexican breakfast. Buenos Dias!
After the breakfast, I just HAD to have a nap. What a great, lazy day!
Happy 2009!
