Happy New Year!

We had a kind of quiet evening in last night, but it was fun.  We had a another couple and their son over.  The boys played great together.  I kind of forgot to take pictures once we got settled in--bad lady.  I did get an okay shot of the boys. 

Believe it or not the boys stayed happy and playing well until almost 11 pm.  We should have watched the ball drop on eastern time, but failed.  Oh well.  We had lots of appetizers to snack on, and we had chocolate fondue for dessert w/tons of selections for dipping. 

Our menu and table:

I don't have all the food laid out yet, but we had mini-chicken wellingtons (courtesy freezer of Fresh Market)
Spinach and goat cheese fried wontons (I made this up)--herbed goat cheese w/spinach, garlic, onion, and pecorino romano.  I heated this all up in the skillet and then stuffed wonton wrappers w/the filling.  Then I fried them for 2 minutes.  Yum-o.  We also had meatballs (frozen w/sauce made w/cranberry sauce and chili sauce, lemon, and brown sugar), pimento cheese and crackers and crab dip and hummus w/toast points (courtesy of you know where).  It was all easy stuff--perfect for a relaxing New Year.

The obligatory shrimp cocktail

Oberlie sausage, garlic cheese, and smoked pork loin.  Also some smoked gouda from Frsh Mkt

My Martha Stewart inspired 2011 sign--hard to see against the patterned curtains.

My other decor

I also tried to make a drop ball--it's not finished.  I underestimated how long it would take to cover a styrofoam ball w/little sequins.  Evidently it's going to take about 4-5 hours.  I'm about 1/2 way done.  Maybe I'll finish it before next year.

I wish I'd taken a picture of dessert.  The Nords brought tons of stuff for dipping in the chocolate. We had pineapple, oranges, pears, apples, bananas, and dates as our fruit. I had crackers, graham crackers, and pound cake as well.  It was delicious and decadent to try all the various things.