New Years 2007 - A night of perfect snowflakes... seriously!

New Year's Eve as a perfect night for a few reasons.

• It began snowing that evening, these perfectly articulated snowflakes, like the ones I use to cut out of white paper.
• I was with two good friends, Jamie and Malcolm, and we were all healthy and happy.
• We ate a fantastic meal and played Scattergories... I love Scattergories.
• At 11:30, we began hiking up the local mountain and reached the top, to find we were the only ones up there, just moments before midnight.
• They sounded the gigantic gong-like bell from mid-way up the mountain (you can hear it in the video) which made it really feel like China
• Fireworks were exploding everywhere (nothing new though, they had been going strong since 6pm)
• We had sparklers, BUT ONLY THREE MATCHES and a significant cold wind. The first blew out immediately, so did the second, but that last hope of a weak little match pulled through in the weather and lit a sparkler so we could wave them around!
• Directly following the sparklers a intense snowball fight ensued. Resulting in a 12:05 facewash for me. Haha! I wont mention all the things I did to deserve it.
• The camera batteries died after the twovideos and before we got any pictures. At 12:30 we managed to get two pictures out fo the camera, these two pictures below. Pretty great pictures!!

The way it all lined up on New Year's, I hope is a sign of how this year will go!