To ring in the New Year, Mark and I hosted a pinochle party. Pinochle is a HUGE deal in his family and I had to take lessons in order to marry him. If I hadn't passed my final test (playing with the fam.) I seriously don't think I would have been allowed to walk down the aisle.
Luckily enough, I am a natural (Ha!).
Once everyone arrived, we got down to business. We had a table of 4 and a table of 6. Losers had to rotate and I kept track of wins and losses in order to award prizes at the end of the night.
This is Mark, Poppa G., Wade and Mark's Dad.
Dawn was also there along with Grandma G., Mark's Mom, Harley and Johanna.
As we played, there was a pinochle necklace floating around and if you had 300 in pinochle you had to wear it. Whoever was wearing it at the end of the night won a prize.
Dad was the first to have it grace his neck.
We finally called it quits and looked over the scores to see who was the big prize winners.
The Biggest Winner: Harley
His Prize: A new deck of pinochle cards, junior mints and 12 different kinds of hot cocoa.
The Biggest Loser: Mom
Her Prize: A box of kleenex and a deck of cards with (adorable!) dogs on them.
The Pinochle Necklace Winner: Grandma G.
Her Prize: A pot of gold candy box.
It was also Grandma and Grandpa's 63rd anniversary! Woohoo!
It was a great night and a very fun way to ring in the new year! I hope all of you had a great time also whether it was a low key evening at home or a night out on the town.
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
2 comments:
Now that is a New Year's Eve party to remember. Fun and family is the best combination any day. How cool to celebrate # 63 with Mark's grandparents.
Have a great 2010!
Whoohoo! That looks like a blast. We stayed in and played games as well. Had fun watching all the kiddos play the Wii, then the men had a tennis tourny on the Wii. My favorite way to ring in the new year is at home with friends and family. Best wishes to you for this new year.
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