quiet new year

I am spending a very quiet new year's day. My family and I spent some time in the california desert so everyone could enjoy good friends, camping, and our collection of off-road vehicles. My son just loves riding his quad, climbing the rocks, tending the camp fire, and shooting his new BB gun. But most of all he just loves hanging out with his best buddy Cooper. My daughter just loves riding in the Rhino with her Daddy and even started enjoying riding the quad. It is so cute to hear her yelling woohoo as her Dad whizzes around the little track near by our campsite. We were all scheduled to come home new year's eve day so that we could spend the night with our puppy dogs who become really afraid of the fire crackers. I just didn't have the heart to tear them all away from the fun. One of our friends had an extra car so I borrowed it and came home by myself leaving them to continue enjoying all that fun with our friends. I made it home safely and spent a quiet night with our puppies. Today I have been inspired to try some of the pioneer woman's recipes from pioneerwoman.com. I've done all the grocery shopping but have yet to begin creating. Since my family won't be home until tomorrow I really want to wait until they will be here to help eat everything. I will post a couple of pictures of our trip when my family returns. I left the camera with them so that hopefully they can capture more of the fun. As for me, I am enjoying the quiet.