The Burns Family's Annual After Christmas Visit

We look forward to our annual game night with Matt and Marianne Burns every year after Christmas. They always come down from the bay area for Christmas, and we get to have them over for a rousing game of Cranium. See last year's post for details. I won't say who won, but their names rhyme with Tarianne and Zebby.

But after Cranium, the losers, I mean, the guys, decided they wanted to break with tradition, and try the new Trivial Pursuit game (they think they're so smart). So, we played that, and, although it was very close, time eventually got away from us, and since we were tied, we agreed that the next team to get a pie piece would win. Unfortunately, that team was not ours. So, whatever, we'll let them claim victory on that one (but we all know it wasn't a real victory).

As always, we had a great time. We are so thankful for their friendship, and can't wait for the day they move back to San Diego, which will hopefully be within the next couple of years. For now, we have to settle for these annual visits.

The game board.

Matt and me watching Marianne draw. (She's an excellent drawer, and I'm an excellent guesser--which is why we always WIN.)

Me and Marianne trying to unscramble a ZELPUZ. We were successful. : )


Marianne drawing a garden gnome (this was one of the few I didn't guess correctly).

Matt's Frankenstein sculpture. He hates SCULPTORADES, but stepped up to the challenge, and was successful on this one.

Gene drawing with his eyes closed.

Matt reading a question card (probably a DATA HEAD question, which we HATE)

Danny and the girls were SO good all night. As they get older, I think it's more and more difficult for them to find common interests to keep them occupied, but so far they've done really well.

Can't wait for next Christmas!