The last night of 2008.

I forgot to mention our awesome New Year's celebration with our little ones...

We had a fancy, schmancy dinner.

MENU:

Marinated, Grilled Salmon

Garlic Potatoes

Asparagus

Spinach Salad

{I realize that the next question is: "Did your kids actually eat that?" And, I non-chalantly reply, "Oh yeah. It's one of their favorite meals."}

Then, for dessert, we headed out to the backyard and toasted up some S'mores. Yes, S'mores in the winter. And let me tell you, they taste just as good as those Summer S'mores.

I love that "the-fire-has-mesmerized-us" thing they've got goin' in this photo.

In the end, we rang in the New Year with a classic countdown, the banging of various loud things, the tooting of horns, and a little sparkling Martinelli's in fancy goblets (without breaking even one in the process).

We finished off our evening with a little "Kung Fu Panda".

Then the kids headed to bed when the clock struck "2:00am."**

It was awesome.

**I had a pretty super idea to include our kids in the New Year's celebration which included making a deal with Father Time. Since my daughter likes to read this blog now and then, and I'd like to continue this tradition, I'm speaking in code. If you're real creative, you just might be able to figure it out.