New Years Eve 2015

We had a fun New Years Eve! (mostly!) HA!

 But first, here's a picture of Ziggy in his "grinch" shirt.  He doesn't really like wearing it, but he's a lot calmer with it on.  Too bad for Ziggy.  :)

Oh, and remember the plants that we cut back a year or so ago because they were growing wildly and taking over our living room?  Well...they died.  :(  They were actually really pretty once we cut them back...a lot more "controlled."  But they never actually grew taller.  The stems only grew thicker, which was mostly fine, but when we put them in Jacob's room over Christmas, I guess they didn't get enough light, so they "checked out."  Sad, huh?  We definitely enjoyed these plants though for more than 4 years.  Awesome!  And now we're saying goodbye. :)

And now on to New's Years Eve.  We spent the evening with our family.  We started out the evening by watching a movie together.  Of course I wanted to get some pictures of the kids, but KYLE wasn't very cooperative!  :)

That's Kyle...under the blanket.

And now he's standing...

Even Dallin tried to help me get Kyle's picture.

Thanks anyway, Dallin.  :)  Here's Kyle (sort-of).

And here's Jacob on the floor.  (not a very good picture though...sorry).

And here's Todd and Eric.  Eric wasn't feeling too great on New Years Eve, so he wasn't too happy, but he was a good sport and hung out with us anyway.

And Dallin already looks half asleep, but it was only about 9 o'clock by this time.  We are real party animals!

After our movie, we went upstairs and got out the chocolate fountain and "dipped" fruit and candy until our little hearts were content. (and our stomachs were sick!)  :)  The chocolate fountain is awesome!  (And for some reason, in all of the next few pictures, Dallin is constantly on his phone.)  He is a teenager after all, right? 

Hey, there's Kyle.  I had to snap it when he wasn't looking.  :) (And there's Dallin, on his phone.)

And here's Jacob...(And Dallin...still on his phone!)

And Kyle (and Dallin...with his phone.)  HA!

Even I had a few "dips" of the chocolate.  YUM! :)  (Hey, where's Dallin and his phone?)

And now Eric is taking a turn on his phone....teenagers! :)

We did get one smile out of Eric....but only one, since he wasn't feeling great.  But I'll take it. :)

This is when the partying really got started...a little after 11, as you can see...(Poor Todd...he never makes it to midnight!  But we still love him!) 

And honestly, Todd's not the only one who falls asleep before midnight...Jacob just made his own little bed right there in the living room.

And Dallin was just about "out" as well.  Remember how I said the Jones family party's hard?  Here's proof! :)

Kyle's too tired to put the blanket over his head now.  HA! :)

And that concludes our New Years Eve party.  We lasted until about 11:45 in the living room, and then we all dispersed to our own rooms.  We were all still awake at midnight (except Todd, and Eric who had gone to bed earlier), so we still wished each other a Happy New Year!  It was just pretty low key at that point. :)  Party on Jones Family!

And now it's a new year!  2016 here we come!  :)