It's all about the partying for the Nelson family! On New Year's Eve, we had some folks over to hang out, play games, and do the whole
NYC ball dropping thing. It was a really fun time! We had tons of desserts to eat, and the soda was flowin' yo! The surprise hit for the night was Loopin' Louie! Basically, Louie flies around in a circle in his airplane. 4 contestants have little chips that his plane will knock down if he hits them...the last person with a chip wins. You're only defense against the crazy flying Louie is to hit his airplane with a little paddle right before he gets to your chips. You can pound the hammer and send Louie loopin' up and around in hopes that he'll drop down mercilessly on someone else's chips without them being able to defend themselves. Or you can soft tap the plane and let him drop ever so slightly over the next player's flipper and take them out.
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nyway, this provided at least 2+ hours of enjoyment for several people. The kids that came lasted until about 10:30 PM. Some folks left to take the kids home (or themselves home) while the rest of us busted out some good ol' Boggle. Thanks to the Miller's for bringing this gem of a game! We had a fierce battle of Boggle going for an hour or so, with your's truly squeaking by as the evenings winner. It's very fun to argue whether or not a word truly is a legitimate word...but it's also just a fun brain twister of a game.
Around 11:40, we started watching the NYC Times Square party that w
as happening. We got the Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice ready for the toasting, and relaxed until it was time to ring in the new year. Josh Ayres got in to position to "jump" into the new year...an apparent tradition he has of being suspended in air at the beginning of each year. Now if you happened to be watching Dick Clark's 11:00 (midnight NYC time) performance, you got to see something that might make you gouge your eyes out: Dick Clark mugging down with a chic. I'm sure hoping it was his wife! Irregarldless (a word you'll never get during a round of Boggle!), seeing a man in his 70's go all 15-year-old-boy with a same-aged lady is just not something I want blazed into my mind's eye. Unfortunately, it currently is. So...we rang in the New Year with toasting and kissing of our repsective spouses. Then we got tired and everyone went home. All in all, it was a really fun night with friends and great games. A perfect end to 2005!1111
The next day, my good friend Blake came up to stay the night. His birthday was on the 1st, so he came over to NWA with his parents to visit me and his brother (
who lives in Bentonville). We hung out and played a lot of Xbox (Call of Duty 2 stinking rocks!). Then, we all went to Copeland's for his birthday dinner. Stuffed ourselves silly there and topped it off with cake and ice cream. After going to see his brother's house, we came home and played more Xbox until about 1:00 AM. By that time, our eyes had dried out from not blinking, and our thumbs were numb. The next morning, we got up and went to get donuts for the fam. Then he headed out. It was a short trip, but a good one nonetheless. It's great to spend so much time with friends!
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Published by John Nelson
on January 02, 2006 at 8:13 PM.
NYC ball dropping thing. It was a really fun time! We had tons of desserts to eat, and the soda was flowin' yo! The surprise hit for the night was Loopin' Louie! Basically, Louie flies around in a circle in his airplane. 4 contestants have little chips that his plane will knock down if he hits them...the last person with a chip wins. You're only defense against the crazy flying Louie is to hit his airplane with a little paddle right before he gets to your chips. You can pound the hammer and send Louie loopin' up and around in hopes that he'll drop down mercilessly on someone else's chips without them being able to defend themselves. Or you can soft tap the plane and let him drop ever so slightly over the next player's flipper and take them out.A
nyway, this provided at least 2+ hours of enjoyment for several people. The kids that came lasted until about 10:30 PM. Some folks left to take the kids home (or themselves home) while the rest of us busted out some good ol' Boggle. Thanks to the Miller's for bringing this gem of a game! We had a fierce battle of Boggle going for an hour or so, with your's truly squeaking by as the evenings winner. It's very fun to argue whether or not a word truly is a legitimate word...but it's also just a fun brain twister of a game.Around 11:40, we started watching the NYC Times Square party that w
as happening. We got the Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice ready for the toasting, and relaxed until it was time to ring in the new year. Josh Ayres got in to position to "jump" into the new year...an apparent tradition he has of being suspended in air at the beginning of each year. Now if you happened to be watching Dick Clark's 11:00 (midnight NYC time) performance, you got to see something that might make you gouge your eyes out: Dick Clark mugging down with a chic. I'm sure hoping it was his wife! Irregarldless (a word you'll never get during a round of Boggle!), seeing a man in his 70's go all 15-year-old-boy with a same-aged lady is just not something I want blazed into my mind's eye. Unfortunately, it currently is. So...we rang in the New Year with toasting and kissing of our repsective spouses. Then we got tired and everyone went home. All in all, it was a really fun night with friends and great games. A perfect end to 2005!1111The next day, my good friend Blake came up to stay the night. His birthday was on the 1st, so he came over to NWA with his parents to visit me and his brother (
who lives in Bentonville). We hung out and played a lot of Xbox (Call of Duty 2 stinking rocks!). Then, we all went to Copeland's for his birthday dinner. Stuffed ourselves silly there and topped it off with cake and ice cream. After going to see his brother's house, we came home and played more Xbox until about 1:00 AM. By that time, our eyes had dried out from not blinking, and our thumbs were numb. The next morning, we got up and went to get donuts for the fam. Then he headed out. It was a short trip, but a good one nonetheless. It's great to spend so much time with friends!
how weird is that first comment?.. anyway.. don't do it Louie, don't, ahhhh Louie.. that guy is crazy, like the red barron, all he wants to do is take your chickens down.. crazy Louie
Ha, I get freaked out when strangers post on my blog that arent trying to sell something. I guess It's cool that other folks besides our friends are looking.