Happy New Year 2007!!! We had a really good evening. I made tacos for dinner and John picked up our neighbors, John and Brona, from the airport. They had just returned from 2 weeks in Ireland, where she is from. They had a great time and were anxious to tell all about it. Then, Jacob, Julia and mommy made homemade party hats. After Julia went to bed, Jacob and John and I played boardgames and ate ice cream. Jacob legitimately won the $1,000,000 on the Deal or No Deal boardgame. Yahoo! Then at midnight, some of our neighbors were outside banging pots and pans so we went out on the porch to welcome the new year and watch fireworks in the sky. I think it must have been out on a boat somewhere since it wasn't far but was out toward the ocean. We watched the ball drop on tv in Times Square. John and I agreed that we had no desire to be in that mob! Anyway, it was a quiet but festive night at the Elliotts. Happy New Year! May God bless you!!!