Can you Top this!!!!!!

I Messed up and so the interesting story is below the pictures. Fred was asleep with only 20 minutes left before the New Year. Our room had been turned into a safe haven for guests to watch TV while all of the excitement was taking place in the front room and outside our home.

Mom and Bre

Josh just after we had unloaded silly string on everybody.

Little K and friends After we had done our celebrating outside, we ran over to our neighbors and wanted to wish Mark a Happy Birthday. We had the little kids go and get their Dad, when he came to the door we plastered him with silly string. So much fun. Little Gracie did not like the fact that we were attacking her Dad and was crying and getting so mad at us. She called our other neighbor and told her we had made a mess on her floor.

So............here's what happened!

New Years Eve started off with the usual food and party preparations. We had ordered some special steak for the night. Mr. M. was asked to cook them because the mom doesn't cook them well. The steak was delicious! Little K and some of her friends stopped by along with Josh and Breann. Later coming to say HI was Kallee and Duncan. Fred had mentioned (several times all month long) that we needed to spend some money on medical supplies or lose what we had put into an account with work. He has been purchasing items for a first aid kit and decided to go out last night and buy the rest. Upon his arriving home he could see two people on our sidewalk. As he gathered the bags from the car he walked up the driveway and a young woman was crying and hitting Josh's car and then she leaned up against another guest's car that was in our driveway. As Fred walked by her she said she had been assaulted and could he please call the police. He came into the house and told us briefly what was going on and I went and grabbed the phone. The teenagers in our house were a bit nervous and then we heard a knock at our door. The young lady was standing there crying and asking to please call the police. Fred was already on the phone and I asked if she would like to come in where it was warm. Immediately I smelled the alcohol on her breath and all she said was I need to go to the bathroom so bad. I let her use the restroom and then grabbed a blanket and had her sit on the couch until the police arrived. They came with the lights flashing and into our home to find out what was happening. By this time we had moved all the guests to other parts of the house. I stayed in the front room, after all it was my home. The other cops found the guy somewhere up the street and he was plastered and had marks all over him. They removed the lady from our home and continued with everything outside. By this time I had turned off the front room lights. One of the girls in our house wanted to watch what was going on and informed us that the young lady had now been put into handcuffs. We were trying to peek out the window but we were spotted by the police. Not fun to be caught spying!!! Anyhow things seemed to end peacefully and we went on to celebrate the new year!! Our neighbors were texting us and wondering what was going on at the Carlson's? Well they are a strange group of folks and you never know what may happen.

It will be fine in 2009!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to a great year with lots of scrapbooking, crafting, exercising, family time and some work. Need to do that to support the habits. Happy New YEAR! You can check out more pictures on facebook. SEE YA