POLAR BEAR and PARTIES.

It's CRAZY to think that we've been watching these CRAZIES do this for 15 years . . . but it wouldn't be New Year's Day if the Jones' weren't POLAR BEARING out at Birch Bay.

This is what happened as soon as we walked in . . . what's under your coat Zoopie?The BIG reveal . . . He SO deserved it. The hold outs . . . Dan, Mark and Alison have NEVER gone in before. Wall-to-wall people in Tom and Mary Lou's condo . . . Everybody starting to file out and head toward the water . . . The MASTER of it all.Are they REALLY going to do it?Representing the STEVE JONES family . . . BROTHERS! Do you think we'll see Jake and Max re-enacting this same scene in 40 years?IN they go . . . Those BROTHERS again.Jake did it! D-REX and T-REX going back in . . . In the nice warm pool . . . Ruh-roh Vince . . . Grace and her FAVORITE baby Charlie . . . We went to my Aunt Diane's in the evening for another GREAT party . . . we had almost everyone in attendance. 67 there, missing 9? Or something like that.

Grandma and Grandpa and kids . . . The grandkids . . . And GREAT grandkids!And just because we're crazy, we decided to go to Tom's sister's house for ONE more party. Taryn brought these COOL finger-staches . . . So of course we had to put one on Vince. What a STUD.Might be one of my favorite pictures EVER. We started off 2011 RIGHT!