Sunday, February 15, 2009

Random Blogger Challenge

This week has been great. My friends are visiting and we have been having a quiet and very fun visit with them. They are so easy going and great houseguests, and moreover, the girls LOVE them. They are constantly asking where they are or what they're doing. They may very well like them as much as their own grandparents! Anyway, our friends are now at a hotel enjoying some much deserved quiet time by their own pool, but we'll be sure to hook up with them a few more times before they leave on Thursday.

So I am passing on a challenge from my friend Gillian to fellow bloggers (or facebookers for that matter). The deal is this:

Go to where you store your photos on your computer. Go to the SIXTH folder and pick the SIXTH photo. Post that photo on your blog along with a SHORT story about it. Tag SIX people and leave a comment on their blog or email them letting them know you chose them.

I did what Gillian did to get to a picture that would work. I started at the bottom of my files and counted six up, and then chose the sixth photo from the bottom. And I arrived at this one. Our first Hallowe'en Party - 2004. It was this awesome night of many babies, fireworks and adults getting drunk and dancing in our kitchen, (after the babies went to bed of course). We had about 50 people show up, a veritable mix of work friends, fellow first time parents and great friends who were a little less encumbered. All the kids were the same age, and of course dressed up - hence this picture, (I think Taylor had gone to bed already?) It was the best party we've ever thrown, and I particularly remember Grant's costume of the Kokanee sasquatch dressed as the ranger, Graeme dressed up as a girl and Mike's huge mole (he was Enrique, before the surgery). Getting up the next morning was not so fun, as Taylor woke up at 7am and it was another 8 hours till I was feeling myself. And for many reasons, subsequent parties have never been as good as this one was...

So, in the spirit of this entry, I invite you to blog yourself on this random challenge - either in your own blog or on facebook somehow and I can't wait to read the stories! And I won't tag anyone in particular, just do it if you like - but leave me a comment and let me know if you did it and where I can find it...