in a little trouble

In my family, things get pretty competitive really quickly. And a post-dinner game of Trouble turned that way last week. My dad was on his way back up to Arcata after a little walk-about and stopped at our place for the weekend. Even though dinner ended up being really late {poor Matt got stuck in traffic}, we made a night of it. Salmon burgers and twice bake potatoes! Yum.

And then came Trouble... things were pretty even out the gate. Guys were sent home, turns skipped {yeah, we've got some family house rules} and then Matt had three guys in and the fourth waiting in the wings. As each turn rolled around {yeah, I threw in a little pun there} I had my camera all lined up waiting for the perfect "winning" candid. But turn by turn Matt just couldn't seem to roll the right number.

so close!

And then, with a roll, the die almost stopped at the right number. But a little too much effort tipped it past and Matt was still stuck outside his home base. Not to fear though. I still had my camera lined up and on Matt's very next turn this happened...

And I got my picture of the day.