Happy New Year! We are heading across the pond!

We enjoyed a New Year's Eve at home. Our original plan was to do a full on Lord of the Rings marathon but 30 minutes into the extended cut of the Fellowship we nixed that idea if we wanted to stay awake. In years past we've done an East Coast countdown but we decided to let the kids stay up, crazy I know.
We opted for an X-Men marathon and got through 2 1/2 movies. We did a countdown, popped open a few bottles (of our favorite Martinelli's) shouted happy new year and I kissed Mr B just like I've done every year since we rang in Y2K at teenagers.

Our big adventure to kickoff the year is a trip to Europe. Rock Steady is managing a corporate meeting in Amsterdam and the Fam is tagging along for the ride! We extended the trip to get a chance to visit the UK as well. So we fly to London where we'll be for 2 1/2 days then we'll take a train to Brussels and then Amsterdam.

I'm a jumble of nerves and excitement.t. Our family generally travels well and I'm always up for an adventure so here goes nothing!