New Year's Eve

Ever since I was old enough to remember, we've spent New Year's Eve at church. We always had a game night where we'd play something like Pictionary, or a movie night where we'd watch something on the big projector, then we'd head over to the sanctuary at about ten minutes until midnight. Someone would start praying, then whoever else wanted to pray would take turns, then my dad or Pastor Sentell would finish. We always knew the clock struck twelve when we heard the ridiculous amount of gunshots. ;)

My dad planted our current church in 2012, & we haven't found our own building yet. We've held our Sunday services at a few different places, but we do anything extra (Wednesday night service, Bible studies, etc.) at my house. Sooo, that first year, we did our New Year's Eve get together here & it was lots of fun! The next year, we didn't plan anything in time & most everyone who would come wasn't going to be able to, so we all did our own thing. This year, my mom had the flu, so we couldn't have anyone over, either.

So! Sebastian & I decided on a date night to Rancho - our favorite place evah. Then, we came home & he and my parents watched some movie while I quickly passed out on the couch. I woke up in time to pray in the new year with my family, & then headed off to bed. Super uneventful, but that's okay. Haha

Growing up, I always wished I could do something else on New Year's Eve. Always having to be at church made me feel like I was missing out on something. Now, after getting to choose what I did at midnight, I can honestly say being with my church family is where I want to be.

Anywho, we went to dinner, they watched a movie, we prayed, & I got my new year's kiss. I'd call it a winner either way.