Happy New Years!






Celebrating with Friends!



Ringing in the New Year is hard work!  I am tired and ready to take a nap.  How about you?  We began New Year's Eve with an early dinner of beef fondue and chocolate lava cake sans children or at least most of the children.  Addy kind of wiggled her way into our grown-up moment, but she is so adorable that we don't mind.  Have you ever had fondue?  It is a tradition for us.  We use to have it on Christmas Eve, but since we are usually traveling during the Christmas holidays we transferred the tradition to New Year's Eve.  Have you seen the big write up in the Wall Street Journal this week on the best places to eat fondue in Switzerland?  If you haven't seen it, you should check it out!  I always file these types of articles away so that when I go visit a country I have a list of places ready to go.  Then for dessert, we had chocolate Lava cake.  My son has been bugging me ever since we went on a cruise last year to make it.  He was thrilled!    Frank threw out his back a couple of days ago, so the rest of us spent the evening with our good friends Lucy and Stewart.  Stewart made his delicious chili using his secret ingredient chocolate. I made a dip using 2  eight ounces of cream cheese, 4 ounces of blue cheese, a jar of bacon bits, 1 Tablespoon of garlic, 2 Tablespoons of chopped green onion and baked it in the oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.  Served with crackers and veggies it was so yummy! Sorry no picture of the dip, but it was so yummy it didn't last very long. We didn't make it to midnight.  The children were getting loopy so I brought them home where later I rang in the New Year watching Ryan Seacrest and Dick Clark drop the ball in New York City.  Did you have a good Evening?  I hope so!  Anyway, we had early morning church today so I think a nap is in the works.  Wishing you a very Happy New Year! 

Comments

Unknown said…
Sounds like you had a fun time, and the foods sounds delicious!
Looks like the most delicious way to ring in the new year!

KK
Emily said…
Happy New Year! It sounds like you rang in the year with friends, family and lots of feasting! I love your New Year's Eve fondue tradition!
Francesca said…
We too love fondue! Happy New Year!
Kaylovesvintage said…
Happy New Year
sounds like a nice little party
Vidya Sury said…
Drool! Those photos sound like such fun, Kelleyn (what a pretty name!). Your blog header is to die for! I just feel like grabbing that mug!

Thank you for your lovely comment on my post over at Emily's blog, Kelleyn. Really appreciate it!
Unknown said…
um you just have to share that dessert recipe!!!! There is nothing like a good chocolate anything really! haha

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Company EIGHT said…
You make me hungry every time you post about food, lol.

Happy New Year!! ♥
swig said…
A very happy new year to all of you! and warm greetings from Paris!
katy said…
Happy New Year! Looks like a warm and special celebration.
momto8 said…
good for you! what fun! I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can!
Allison said…
My husband wants to do fondue for next year since we have done the traditional raclette for the past two years... do you know it? I'm sure your husband does. To top it off we also had some yummy Berliners... it's the closest thing one finds to donuts around here.

Happy late new year!

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