2008 was winding down and Jane Ben and Jane posed for final pictures before Ben's gang came over for a rousing game of monopoly

before Ben, Joel, Kevin, Sam and Eric posed for the end of 2008 as Peter and Suzanne Sara and Seva Steven and I watched the fire before realizing that it was time for Dick Clark's New Years Eve as Peter Suzanne and Sara embraced the moment and Ben wore the special glasses as Dick Clark amused Sam Joel Kevin and Eric as the countdown continued and closed in on Suzanne even as the folks on television and Peter and Sara and Peter, Sara and Steven were engaged as Ben got his noisemaker and glasses ready and time counted down (47 seconds left) (39 seconds left) while the ball dropped (13 seconds left) further (4 seconds left) until the new year was upon us and so we went back to playing Apples to Apples.