Mickelsen Family Party

Well here is another short update as well as some pics from Christmas. This is for you Scamper!!! I have now updated I hope you enjoy the pictures at least. Sadly I forgot my camera at my parents' house so I do not have any of the party.
The annual Mickelsen Family Christmas Party was a bit smaller and more intimate whereas we were down two more siblings this year. My dad and his siblings (minus one) take turns every year to put on the party usually the Saturday after Christmas. It's a time for that side of our family to get together and see each other, especially where we are all getting older with more families and more spread out. This year my dad traded with my aunt so my parents were in charge.
It was pretty fun. My dad found this game that was pretty fun and involved nearly everyone there. I have to say my sisters and I ended up doing horribly but we laughed the whole time. We also played another game that they played last year to do with white elephant type gifts. It was also fun. My mom strayed away from the recent traditional soups meal but lunch was pretty yummy with a wide array of things to eat. My favorite being dessert (go figure I know). What can I say I have a huge sweet tooth. It was fun to see so many of my relatives again but I missed seeing the other half of the family that wasn't there.
So any of you that read this know we all missed you guys!!
New Years Eve, we (being my little fam of 4) drove up to my parents'. It was a little bit of a surprise since they didn't know what day we were coming up. We missed my dad who had to go up to check on pumps and Sena who went to a party with some friends from high school. Both were gone before we got there and got home after we were asleep. Everyone stayed up until 12:30 or so. Unfortunately so did both my girls. I'd like to say we played games and had a ton of fun but we were just boring and watched movies. No we didn't even watch the ball drop.
We were able to meet Shilo and Ryan's little kids they have right now, on New Years Day. They came down for the party and stayed for awhile afterwards. It was a pretty fun weekend.