If you need to know one thing about me, you need to know that I love to throw parties. We had planned to host a bunch of friends and family at our house for New Year’s Eve. The menu was created, the facebook event was live, the glitter was ready. But then we just decided last week that we would rather save the money and head to the river. No offense to our friends - we just needed to get away.
We spent the eve of 2015 with my family and some close family friends. And a trillion dogs. Did you see this picture on my instagram account? How many dogs can you count in this picture? {Hint: there more than 5.}
The evening started when the fire pit came to life. Even though it was quite brisk on the water - we enjoyed the last bit of 2014 around a fire, watching the prettiest sunset of the year.
With my Whole60 starting on January One - I was thankful we stuck with our tradition cottage NYE dinner - personal pizzas. I bought a ton of pizza toppings and a gf pizza crust. My mom bought dough and sauce from a little Italian restaurant. Paired with an amazing bottle of wine that my cousin and I bought in Switzerland from a legit Italian vineyard… it really was the perfect dinner. #thisisnotpaleo.
Now nothing says holiday tradition like our NYE game: the Left Right Center Game. Guys, if you haven’t heard of this game before you need to grab it and pencil it in for your next shindig. This game never ceases to provide tons of entertainment. Pre-plan and tell all of your guests to bring three $1 bills each… unless you’re extreme high rollers and you wanna up the ante.
My dad thought it would be a brilliant idea to mix it up a bit this year… so we decided to play LRC twice. The first time with dolla dolla bills y’all. The second time with lotto tickets! Yes the winnings and stakes were raised, but unfortunately, despite the fact that the lotto tickets were a lot prettier and more colorful… they only grossed $3 of winnings in my mother’s pocket.
I didn’t win a darn thing, except a selfie with chloe and a New Year’s Eve kiss from my husband. It was probably one of the most calm and laid back New Year’s Eves that we have had in a very long time - but it hit the spot.
How did you spend your New Years Eve? Partying like rockstars or maybe a quiet evening like ours?
I hope y’all had a wonderful celebration and that you are as excited for 2015 as I am! Can you believe it’s Two Thousand and Fifteen?! Geez Louise. Let’s take a quick nap and then show this year that we mean business.