Good riddance to you, Christmas tree. You take up waaaay too much room. Time for New Year's.
You guys know how Scott and Kathy are all about New Year's eve, what with their tradition of blowing up the Christmas gingerbread house with fireworks at midnight. Well, I was so glum this eve, knowing that since D.C. doesn't allow fireworks, they would be physically unable to have any fun. "What else is there to do for LDS folks on New Years' Eve?" Kathy declared one year to us.
We wondered ourselves this year if we could do it, since our firework stash was disappointingly low. "We simply don't have enough parachuters (they tend to blow holes through the roof of the house) or tanks or assault vehicles (they roll toward the house shooting flame simultaneously), to say nothing of the lack of firecrackers," Bruce lamented. "This crappy grocery store stuff will probably do nothing." So off to a New Year's party with a bunch of other couples from the ward we went anyway, unsure if this was the year we wouldn't be able to blow up gingerbread.
Well, Scott'll be proud, because we've kept it ALIVE (and kicking) for a few years now. Granted, there was no beautiful sleigh or "upside-down" Pine Valley chapel (Jared, that may have been the funniest thing you've ever said) to implode, but the entertainment level is amazingly high when you watch pyromaniacs at work.
Eric, armed with a semi-automatic long length lighter begins the strategic placement of the fireworks. He suddenly became a fire authority, warning those who were under the age of ten that they wouldn't be able to light anything. Some of our neighbors & couples from the party gathered to watch and comment.
These goofy teenagers to the left jumped and screamed and wailed each time something was lit. OMHGAGTSLISS (oh my heavens get a grip that's so lame I'm so scared).
Kara, all bundled up after awaking her just before midnight. This is before she morphed back into "Scara" because the piccolo petes and the smoke and noise and blowing up beautiful houses was just to much to endure. Honestly.
(Get a grip, these houses definitely deserve to be blown up. Don't you think they belong on cake wrecks?
Bruce and our Pharmacist neighbor discussing other legendary pyros- like his neighbor having a whole bucket of magnesium & taking little shavings & lighting them to make an incredible blast. A full discussion about how they could do that the following year ensued, complete with huge explosion gestures and analyzing the placement, etc. I had to bring them back to Pleasant View and tell them like it is, "No, you'll stick to the legal stuff, thank you. " And that was that.
The sparks are licking the candy...
This is blurry because I was holding a ridiculous Kara, but I like how our rope lights lit up the snow this year.So that sums up the night, oh, except for the New Year's kiss.
SMACK!
(If you've never kissed with a string of lights around your neck, uh, it's a little hard to concentrate on kissing, 'cause the lights are so purdy.)
12 comments:
Oh Man! I wish we could have been there or done that...here. It's big brother! Thanks for doing it for us Becky.
OM goodness Becky, you had me ROTFLOL! (look it up on wikipedia). yeah, that "upside-down pine-valley chapel" comment from jared was spot-on. Prolly better than my "Dad has cat-like speed and reflexes" comment.
Sounds like you guys had tons of fun that night - of course, you prolly can't ever go wrong anytime it involves fire, or fireworks, or in Bruce's case, kissing AND fireworks (yeah, Bruce, you're the man!) Glad to see you're keeping the ginger-house-destruction tradition alive.
I gave away a whole box full of fireworks (bottle rockets, fire-crackers, ground-bloom flowers, bees, bombers, piccolo petes, and yes, snakes) when we left ABQ, but you can bet your bottom dollar that we'll be making up for it upon our return (in 1-3 years) to the "land of enchantment" (NM) where you can buy lots of fireworks on the res.
Scott
ReNae, Did you guys end up eating your awesome houses, or watching them fail catastrophically (via fireworks)?
Hey, I didn't even have to look that up on your informative site.. Rolling on the floor laughing out loud...
Oh yeah, I knew I was going to leave out a bunch of the important ones like bees and bombers and bottle rockets.
And fireworks on the rez? (Mmmmllaaaaahhhhhhh)
Hey that comment was only the best that Jared has ever said. I said nothing about it being better than "cat-like skills and reflexes." Can't even quit laughing about that now, whilest typing.
Prolly? mmmmllaaaaahhhh! That-uh too-uh goot-uh for me-uh! (I hope Titas Blackwater is not reading this!) Sheesh, I on the other hand would have had to look up ROTFLOL!!! You big bloggers you. And, as for the upside-down-pinevalley chapel goes (which I second the motion that that may have been the funniest thing Jared has ever said) it is still sitting on my (or moms) counter due to our not being here to celebrate such festivities. Besides, we too are lacking in the fireworks area. But, I will have you know that this is the first year we have not carried on the tradition since Scott and Kathy learned us of this. Nope, they are both on the counter with Narry a candy removed. I think they are so candied out they could care less about all the goodies on them. This may or may not be a bad thing?
Hey Brooks family! It's Leilani. I found your blog and I am quite enjoying it. Brings back the good ol times. Glad I can catch up on the here and now. My blog is lbwilliamson.blogspot.com. Catch ya'll laters!
Hummm - the kiss picture is the best. However, Dad sure would have liked to drop in on all the bombings. Thanks.
Well pikshest!! That was all fun to read about. And would have been fun to blow up our gingerbread house but we ate it before christmas because it tasted so good!! I was not going to do gingerbread house patrol! I figured if they wanted to eat it so be it---that is what mom would say. Plus, Spencer got fireworks for his birthday and that was way fun to shoot them off on December 31. We spent a great evening with a bunch of people in our ward. It was a great start of a new year. And I think you guys should enter your kissing scene in a contest!!I think it'd win.
---Barbara
Jana finally comes around, about 5 days late. Just wanted to say "hi". What, did you guys all grow up in Coolidge or something? 'Prolly' and 'learned us' would warrant explanation to my kids if they read such jargon. Still, it is funny I will admit. Gotta go get ready for primary stuff tomorrow. I know, I know, always primary stuff.........nobody better call me in the morning and say they aren't coming to teach because I finally have all positions filled for tomorrow and maybe I can just "float" around for a change (wishful thinking, I know!)
P.S.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!!! That was a day late, I realize, but then, I don't think he ever sees the blog, so he'll never know.
testing, testing
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