I have been looking forward to this weekend for a while. Ever since the invite went up on Facebook, i was getting pumped. Elissa Stapley has been throwing a New Year's Eve party for 2 years now, and the first two were out of control fun, loved them! Tons of people, dancing, socializing, food...what else could a single girl want?
Now after going to Jerusalem with Elissa we had all these great mutual study abroad friends, that we LOVE! After some easy convincing some of them decided to come down since they had heard about this party from others at BYU and how epic it is. So with three different airplane tickets and two cars full of Jerusalem kids came down for a weekend of fun!
New Year's Eve we went to BJ's for dinner, reservation for 15, it was so much fun and yummy! Here is some of the crew:
Diana, Ron, & Anna
Mary, Kelsea, & Lindsey
Alex & i
Dan Jones, Jon (or as we call him Tall Blonde), & Steve
Sadly i didn't bring my camera to Elissa's party since i knew that it would just get in the way of dancing. Although we did take some great cheesy Prom style pictures at my house which maybe ill post later. After Elissa's party, all of the jeru-crew came over and slept at my house. By 4:30 a.m. there was a total of 11 kids sound asleep.
The next morning, after eating some cinnamon rolls, we headed down to our friend, Kelsea's, house who lives in Oceanside for her birthday.
Ron, Anna, & i
After Oceanside, we headed up north and went to Balboa Island and did a classic california dinner of Ruby's on the Pier.
Us waiting for our table...
After Ruby's, stopping at the Candy Barrel, and some walking around, we went back home and played the name game, which i fell in love with (i had never played before)! Then we had round II of cinnamon rolls, since all my friends could not get enough of their deliciousness. In the morning, everyone was packed and gone by 8:15 a.m. :(
The weekend was a blast and it went by way too fast! The whole time we were together we all reminisced about how it was just a year ago we had all even met each other! Its crazy how close we have become, and yet we still seem to can't get enough of each other and crack each other up. i just love these kids so much!
