On 12/31, I took the boys to visit Karen, Kyle and Steven at their house, and we wanted to meet their doggie, Sam, too.  Sam was very adorable and eventually warmed up to play with us.  He especially liked Connor even though Connor was nervous for his attention initially.  After the boys played with Sam, Kyle suggested to play Fortnight and the boys were more than thrilled to accept.  They bonded quickly over the video game, and they played quite awhile together.  Karen and I had this chance to catch up.

   With Connor’s suggestion, we had a hotpot dinner that night.  The boys wanted to stay up past midnight, so we watched a movie.  The boys did well staying up; when it was time to do the count down, we watched a rerun of the New York ball drop.  We then wished each other happy new year and finally we all went to bed.

   On 1/2, Michelle and I made plan to take the kids on a hike.  We met up after lunch and hiked the Rancho San Antonio.  The kids were playing around, and Michelle and I had to rush them along often.  We managed to get some exercise, and we had boba drinks afterward as an award.  The kids all wanted to go back their home to play, and later Michelle invited us to stay for dinner and made us pho.  Stuart was tired after the day of work and did not feel like driving up to join us.  So Logan, Connor and I stayed with the Kaos until after dinner before heading home to Stuart.