Christa is first up against the wall of black velvet. (it sounds good when you say it slowly) Julie does the model head toss. Given how well these photos came out, I wish I'd made the effort to take more with the black background. Todd, happy to be here. Julia, the most recently spawned member of our group. Graeme had a good time playing with Daniel and Sebastien. We had a (last minute) Tiki Theme to our New Years Eve party. Micah was in charge of blender drinks. Steph, trying the aforementioned blender drinks. Benjamin getting some food. Warren, on the receiving end of the lens. A cute shot of the kids, now with added Catriona. Julie and Micah, in their happy places. The next several shots were taken by Micah. Warren is curious why Micah has Doug's camera. A good picture of Doug! (Thanks Micah!) Jenn made me crop the person beside be because it was a horrible picture of her. Virtuoso, Alex. Steph with her peek-a-boo tattoo. (Somebody brought a page of temporary tattoos. Hilarity ensued.) A Todd in the kitchen, their natural habitat. Micah snapped the only photo of Joanna from the evening. (Despite our plans for some fun black-background photos.) Suzy, her own pregnancy just announced (congrats!), holds Julia to get used to the idea. (Last of the photos taken by Micah) We got the photo of Richard, just not Joanna. Jenn, sporting her spiffy new Hawaiian shirt, in front of what's left of the food. House motto: No Guest Underfed. Charlene looking marvelously festive. Yet another photo of the kids playing on the slide. (It's what they did this evening.) Yuk. Nice one, Catriona. Okay, that's just cute. Julia enjoys being held by Julie. Nissan, doing the happy mother thing really well. Hi Suzy! It is now the next morning. An extra 11 adults and 4 kids stayed overnight. Alex looks cute in her green dinosaur sleeper. Jenn made pancakes for everyone... and there was only a little bit (cough) of food left over from the night before.