Another New Year's tradition, the shrine. Paper and pencils and lighting implements: write down things from the past year that you'd like to leave behind, and symbolically burn them. (It's amazingly difficult to keep paper burning when it's 13 degrees...) :)
And I bet there aren't many Christmas trees with Flying Monkeys for toppers...
The traditional New Year's Piñata gutting... The photos of the actual smacking were too dark to see anything, but here's Luther removing the pink piñata innards...
Note that we all spent a few minutes getting coated and mittened up before going out into the frozen night.
And, the last sunset of 2007:
During piñata shopping, we played with the hats... On the prowl (above), and a very special Miss Liberty...
And here's Sirius enjoying the cushy surroundings:
Went to a Des Moines Buccaneer game on Saturday night, bought the tickets and were on our way before I knew that they were playing the Lincoln Stars (one of the few hockey teams I'd already seen play live). :) The Stars pulled it out (4-1), and we had a great time!
Gotta love the zamboni...
Made the annual pilgrimage to Des Moines for New Year's. Played a bunch of games, and have a couple of new favorites. This is a set up for Zombies!!! from Twilight Creations. Another favorite was Betrayal at the House on the Hill. (Caution: This game may cause you to stay up until 5 a.m. without realizing it.)