Arizona Pizza Party

We like to involve our kids in New Year's Eve. Our older daughter has always been fabulous at staying up late (never cranky! Always a delight!), so we've naturally wanted to include her in the fun. That means that we typically host a New Year's Eve party for friends at our house, fire up the pizza oven I built in the backyard, play games, and make lots of fun noise come midnight.

• Best Moment

  Making tons of noise at midnight--whether that's with bought noisemakers or found objects like pie pans!

• What People Ate

  Pizza, bacon wrapped dates, spinach and artichoke dip, homemade pita bread with hummus (all from our wood-fired oven)

• What People Drank

  Champagne for the adults, apple juice for the kiddos. Beer for those who wouldn't play along.