Welcome then, 2010!
Where to spend New Years Eve? It's kind of a big decision. Where will all the other people be? With all the different options, how are you supposed to know? This is a story of the most random New years in my history of New years. But it was perfect.
We started out by getting a crew together for dinner. The Cheesecake Factory seemed like an appropriate choice. We enjoyed Diana's random questions like, "Which celebrity would you want to be friends with?" or "Which television show would you want to be on?"... entertaining results to say the least.
After taking their time deciding on the perfect cheesecake flavor. Candace and Caleb went with the Snickers Cheesecake. Good choice guys.
I was a little disappointed in the boys in this group shot. Kenny's hiding behind Dan who isn't really smiling, and I'm not sure what Jared is doing. But I have to say, good job Caleb, he's actually smiling very genuinely.
After dinner we has some time to kill, so we went back to our place. Decision making was not our strong suit that night. Finally, we came up with a game plan, and we were on our way. First stop, YSA activity at a church building. Pulling up to the parking lot, we saw there was only a hand full of cars. Not very promising. We couldn't resist taking a peek inside. Sure enough, there was about 20 people sitting in a circle playing charades in the gym. Next.
We headed to a house party... lots of cars at this one. But upon further examination, we noticed the average age was probably 17-18. So we were again were on our way to the next option.
Plan C... Polar Ice- skating rink activity. We decided this should probably be the last stop of the night because midnight was slowly creeping upon us. We got to Polar Ice and weren't very excited about what we found. Again a very young crowd and not much to do since we weren't in the mood to skate. One of the highlights was when Diana started to dance with people who were just walking by. People who had no idea who she was. It was sooo entertaining and of course I got it on camera....
It was 11:45pm... and we were all getting super restless. No one wanted to welcome in the new year at Polar Ice. A last minute rash decision was made and we all darted out to the cars, drove to the nearest QT station, and rang in the new year! So random but entirely memorable. Poor Dan, Kenny and Jared got lost and didn't make it in time for midnight. But we kept the cashier company and took pictures inside the beloved establishment. Who does that? We do.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
No place else we'd rather be.
After the celebrated minute, we thought we should check out the one other option we didn't try. The party at Game Works. A video game arcade that hadn't sounded intriguing to any of us. We showed up just as they were closing it down. To our horror, this is where everyone was the whole time! This was the party to be at! This was where the dancing was! Where the age appropriate peers were! We hung out outside talking to people as they left. Then, as if we hadn't already driven all over the Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler area enough, we hit up a breakfast put on at a church building. Pancakes. We saw a few more people but I had reached my limit, and it was time for bed. I'm not 18 anymore. I need my sleep. So we drove home and went to bed. I loved the New Years and was so happy to spend it with my friends who I love!
Welcome then, 2010!




