This Year We're Going To Do Happy

Whether you've seen Despicable Me 2 one hundred times or not at all, this song is where it's at.  When the main character in the movie falls in love, he's all happy and he makes the world happier to be in; that's what my family and I are going to do this year, make the world happier to be in.  This song is going to be our anthem, our jam, our move-out-of-our-way-if-you-ain't-bein-a-part-of-our-happy-because-we-don't-got-time-for-it... But don't get it twisted, it's not like we weren't happy in 2013, it's just that this song didn't come along until we bought Despicable Me in November, so we didn't have a matching anthem all year.

My wish for you and your family and friends is a happy 2014 and lots of Pharrell Williams on repeat.  And when you think you've heard it too much, listen to it again and be happy.

Happy New Year

I'm thoroughly looking forward to 2013.  As with every year, I'm anticipating that this one will be even better than that last; and if that's the case, then I am truly blessed and lucky to have such a wonderful family and the most fantastic group of friends.

Wishing everyone a safe, healthy and happy New Year.

Arden's best attempt was 9:00 pm.

New Years According to a 7 1/2 Year Old

My brother, Geb and I are 7 1/2 years apart, so when he was 7 1/2, I was 15 (yeah, that's right, I can do math).  He is, without a doubt, the funniest kid I have met.  Around the time of him being 7 1/2, he stayed up to watch the "ball drop" in times square.  Here are his thoughts:

Me: So, how was staying up and watching the ball drop?
Geb: Enh, it was ok...
Me:  Why was it just ok?
Geb:  Well, I thought when they said the ball was going to "drop" that it was actually going to fall down onto the crowd below and people were going to be running all over the place to avoid getting injured and killed.
Me:  Hunh... so then I see what you mean about it just being "ok."