This year's New Year's Eve started as usual... We go to my parents house for games, food, and fun. My kid's had been looking forward to the annual sleepover for months. The bingo game began and at one point in the night, the fight for prizes got pretty heated....hilarious, but heated!
My Mom finds great joy in allowing us to pick/take each other's prizes, if we chose, instead on picking one from the pile that has yet to be opened. Things get tense... This year the boys wanted the rocket and the girls went after the cozy socks :)Gotta love those cozy socks! Good Job Ky!!
Around 11:30 pm, we all began getting ready to go sledding. My kids both had the stomach flu last year and were both disappointed that they missed the annual sledding at midnight. I, on the other hand, can think of much warmer ways to bring in the new year, but there will be plenty of time for that when my kids are grown and gone :(
We headed over to Eagle Lake Golf Course.
Oops... Oh well, it's always easier toask for forgiveness than it is to
ask for permission, right ;)
We got in about two runs down the hill before the fireworks started going off. A family, who's back yard is at the top of the golf course, began setting them off to bring in the new year.
Right when my Dad said, "Where's Maggie?", knowing she is afraid of fireworks, we turned around and saw her running out of the golf course towards Bountiful Blvd. My parents headed back to the car to go find her and the rest of us stayed with the kids.
About 30 minutes later the kids lost interest in sledding and were worried about Maggie. At this point it's around 12:30 am and we all continued to search until 2:30 am. Both of my parents were sick :( it really was heart breaking ~ since all of the kids left home ~ Maggie has become their baby.Brent and his family headed home and the rest of us tried to get some sleep...except my Mom and Dad, who went back out to look for another hour. Because Bodee had lost his binkee and my parents yorkie was going crazy, none of us got any sleep that hour. At 3:30 am they came back we decided to set the alarm for 7 am, at which time we would all continue our search and post flyers, etc.
~HOWEVER~
When the alarm went off at 7 am, my Dad looked out onto the deck and there was Maggie lying in the snow, cold, wet, and muddy....BUT SAFELY HOME!! Everyone, especially Mom & Dad, was thrilled she made it home safe and sound.
Thanks for making it a memorable night Mags!
We all are SO glad you made your way back home :)
