Burns Night

So, every year Aimee sends out an invitation to celebrate Burns Night and every year I have to pass because it coincides wtih Geof's birthday. However, this year the venue decided to push the celebration to Saturday the 26th, making it possible for the Trillos to attend.

What's Burns Night, you ask? Well, from what I'm told, it celebrates the Scots poet, Robert Burns, with haggis and scotch whisky.

Now haggis (sheep's heart, liver, & lungs mixed with onion, oatmeal, suet, and spices and boiled in the animal's stomach) was not the only thing on the menu but Chris and I thought, in the spirit of the event, we should, between the two of us, have at least one order of haggis. To be honest, it wasn't that bad. It just tastes like liver. (Next year, though, I'll have to remember to bring some tobasco.)

The highlight of the evening, as you can see from Parker's pictures above, was the band -- the Ploughboys. They were great. And Parker couldn't resist jamming with them on the straw guitar and later on the straw flute.

Check out Aimee's blog for more pictures of the night and video.

Parker jams with the band.	Scottish pirates on the loose.