Happy New Year

We had a fun New Year's Eve party with some friends. We decided to try and keep a Sutherland family tradition alive by blowing up our gingerbread house at midnight. Andrew had some leftover firecrackers from a few years ago and so we set it all up in our little backyard at midnight. The firecrackers were so loud, but it was funny. Our neighbor behind us did not think so, however, as he came out and asked "isn't it a little late for that kind of noise?" (the city fireworks were louder) and Andrew replied, "it's the New Year". We then moved the rest of the blowing up to our front yard so we could tick off the rest of our neighbors. Here are some before and after pictures of the house.