As the ball dropped, we recorded the passage into the new year which led to celebrating hordes and after watching the final moments we left the teenagers and the (not so) young adults to celebrate as chocolate was served and the remains of the (old) adult celebration were recorded. Before retiring for the night, I recorded the boys and then in the morning, I noted that they had moved but were asleep. This didn't stop us from getting the bacon and cooking and drying it as Sarah cleaned behind and bacon and Bailey;s French toast were prepared as the effort continued this was my plate and the plate of another as we read the message from our new newspaper carrier and I completed my first (and perhaps only) double crostic of the year. Sometime later, this was dinner as Sarah and Suzanne Matt Traylor Ben Jane Ed and I watched the fire wax and wane and these photos of me and Matt Traylor were shot to welcome the new year.