Games + Gun Powder = HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Aimee — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:38:00 +0000

I hope everyone had a happy and safe new year celebration. Thank you for a great year here on the blog and with the podcast.

Now that we have that out of the way. We can get on to more exciting things. Like what I did last night. First, I picked up my new glasses. Too bad for you there are no pics of that. Then, Cristi and I headed over to PooterP’s sister’s house for game night.

beer, good!

We drank and ate pizza.

We played Apples to Apples.

We played Pass the Pigs.

Jean Marie didn’t learn when to hold ‘em until TOO LATE!

Then we headed to Cherryville for the shooting in of the new year.

With black gunpowder and muskets.

That’s Chicken on the wall.

The Cherryville shooters do this every year and the whole town turns out.

ummm…who let Cristi have a gun??

This tradition is said to ward off the evil spirits. Apparently by scaring the crap out of them with loud bangs (although I still feel pretty evil inside – Jean Marie said it is because they weren’t shooting AT me).

That is Ronnie – he was shooting and Johnny who was just lovin’!

So a bunch of guys with muskets line up and take turns shooting.

They do this all night.

Yeah, these pics suck, get over it.

No really. they just move from spot to spot all over the town. It was a good time.

This kid had the best seat in town.

Then we crowded back into the car and headed home.

Happy New Year everyone. Hope it is evil spirit free. Other than mine.

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Games + Gun Powder = HAPPY NEW YEAR!