New Year's Eve and the Start to 2015!

New Year's Eve begins with a new tradition now of an "around the world" Wisdom event on Webex with about 700 people attending from more than 160 locations around the world - Europe, Australia, among others, and many locations all across the United States and Canada.  Brian and I participated in inquiries into our lives, along with everyone else to begin to create 2015.  It's so inspiring to hear that around the world sharing about life and families and work and what people are committed to!

We spent New Year's Eve at our friends, Carl and Diane, at their beautiful home after a long walk in the afternoon.  This is a tradition now, with fireworks and a wonderful spread of appetizers that Diane goes all out for!  I haven't transferred pictures yet from my phone, but it was a great way to end the year!

New Year's Day was the really long hike - well, 4 1/2 hours, which is long for us now!  It was snowing when we started, up in the mountains, but still not at home.  It snowed most of the time we were out, and began with a considerable elevation gain, though gradual.  We met a couple of skiers after a while, then some snow bikers, and towards the end of the hike, more skiers on the Powerline Trail, more bikers, and a few other hikers.

Coming home to a hot bath and a glass of wine was SO great, and then our New Year's dinner - red king crab and a Caesar salad that I made from the recipe I got at the Marx Bros. Cafe course with Van when I did the class just after Thanksgiving.  Food much appreciated after the long hike, and maybe a new tradition for dinner on New Years!

Brian and I managed to talk to or text with at least all of our children, and talking to all of our family members over Christmas and New Year's makes it complete - even if we don't get to be there in person!  Now we have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday before I go back to work - how much more skiing and hiking can we fit in?!