It’s kinda weird to celebrate New Year’s ten time zones ahead of you – while we were ringing in the New Year, you guys were just finishing lunch! We really had a wonderful time as a family celebrating the New Year together. We took time to thank the Lord for this wonderful adventure and it just reminded us how unbelievable it is and what we have done since our last New Year celebration! We are very excited to see what the Lord has iin store for us in 2011!
We kept the girls up, playing video games, card games (thanks Uncle Troy and Aunt Marci) drinking coffee punch; nothing like high concentrations of caffeine and sugar to keep the mind awake…Imagine what that does to a five and eight year old…but we asked for it! At a quarter till, we went to the town square, popped a bottle of sparking juice and toasted in the New Year in the middle of Slavutich…..it really was very, very cool!
We thought there would be a lot more going on in the square but it was dead quiet. Remember this is the biggest celebration of the year for them, it’s Christmas! We were told what to expect and what the traditions are so we thought there would be a lot of things going on….well we were just too early. At midnight, everyone is toasting in the New Year at home then at about 1am they go to the square and meet their friends for more drinking and visiting – then the fireworks come out! By 1:00 I think the town became a nonstop fireworks show from the countless individuals who were setting them off – from about 12:30 to 3:30 there was large booms and bright lights over every house…..it’s a good thing it’s winter with a foot of snow covering everything! It may have gone on longer, but that was my last coherent remembrance.
We kept the girls up, playing video games, card games (thanks Uncle Troy and Aunt Marci) drinking coffee punch; nothing like high concentrations of caffeine and sugar to keep the mind awake…Imagine what that does to a five and eight year old…but we asked for it! At a quarter till, we went to the town square, popped a bottle of sparking juice and toasted in the New Year in the middle of Slavutich…..it really was very, very cool! 
We thought there would be a lot more going on in the square but it was dead quiet. Remember this is the biggest celebration of the year for them, it’s Christmas! We were told what to expect and what the traditions are so we thought there would be a lot of things going on….well we were just too early. At midnight, everyone is toasting in the New Year at home then at about 1am they go to the square and meet their friends for more drinking and visiting – then the fireworks come out! By 1:00 I think the town became a nonstop fireworks show from the countless individuals who were setting them off – from about 12:30 to 3:30 there was large booms and bright lights over every house…..it’s a good thing it’s winter with a foot of snow covering everything! It may have gone on longer, but that was my last coherent remembrance.
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