Someone's going to shoot their eye out!

As many of you know, we have a family tradition of making gingerbread houses each Christmas. What many of you may not know is that we also have a fine tradition of destroying those houses for equal entertainment. We've been pretty slow this year because we kept waiting for a time to head to Kamas to "shoot 'em up" with Grandma's BB guns. This past weekend, we had that chance! Initially, the BBs just struck and bounced off the hard sides, but the closer we got, the more they began to have some impact. A few just embedded themselves in the side. The pellet gun gave us a little more response, but they mostly went through the walls. Occasionally we cheered when we had a direct hit on a pretzel or cookie roof. Hitting a window was also a thrill. But alas, the small ammo just didn't quite destroy as we'd hoped so we had to bring out the big guns. Considering the scale, one firecracker in a gingerbread house is as exciting as watching one of those implosions on the news! The first firecracker gave a good show (if you click on the picture you can see stuff in the air) and the second really brought it down.

And so, I give you the highlights: my kids with guns that did nothing more than spit BBs, Grandma in the spirit of the game with a killer pellet gun, and a firecracker to bring the house down. Enjoy!!