Every year my family has a tradition honored at our Gaston Family Reunion. The tradition of "The Gaston Cup". Just saying it out loud gives my entire body the feelings of rushed adrenaline, similar to chugging about 8 red bulls and then asked to sit quietly during a church sermon.
This trophy is really nothing fancy to look at. The home made construction of 2x4 wooden planks and the spray painted golden cup is quite humble to say the least BUT the absolute power it brings to the WINNER is indescribable! The cup is somewhat of a traveling trophy. The rightful holder of the cup has the unspoken obligation to bring it to any & all family functions in order to smear it in the faces of the many losers. It's a very arrogant, boisterous and almost obnoxious task for the holder but it's one that comes easily. I've heard the trophy comes with Superman like powers with feelings of being indestructible. This is strictly "hear-say" because I have never personally won this trophy.
The Gaston Family Reunions are always a lot of fun and it was decided by the "seniors" that one gathering a year just simply wasn't enough. 2008 is the beginning of Semi-Annual Gaston Family Reunion. So now with a newly schedule reunion in June and our typical reunion in August , I guess you could say we'll have twice the fun. At least that can be said for most of us!
The Gaston Cup has always been awarded during the August reunion by excelling in a challenge that is suitable to most of the participants. One of the Male family members usually win and we're fine with that. With the newly scheduled June reunion, it just wasn't fair that the winner in June only enjoy the trophy for a few summer months and then pass it on again in August. So a new breed of competitive offspring were born! "The Gaston Junior Cup". Same rules apply but you have to be under he age of 10 to participate & it's won in June. Wouldn't you know..... one old fashion sucker pull later (colored tip)......and winning by default (she was last to go)........Good Girl was VICTORIOUS!!!!!
GG is now the proud owner a The Gaston Jr. Cup, well at least for the entire next year. She was actually more excited to get the sucker then the trophy....which is a much smaller version of the original one.
Wouldn't you know Mr. BIGWOOD wasn't happy that his Little Bigwood didn't win by pulling the winning crappy brown sucker. His jealousy and spite was clearly displayed the rest of the gathering and The Guru's were just as proud of our Little Guru even if she did win by DEFAULT....because who wants to eat the crappy brown sucker anyway!!!! But you know what.....she ate it ANYWAY!
Here is GG after the reunion celebrating with her Gaston Jr. Cup Trophy. Notice she's holding up the #1 finger.....which quickly ended up in her nose just moments later.
I later found out TPG sent this pic in a text message to Mr. Bigwood with the song "We are the Champion's" by Queen attached. It's no wonder we're not on speaking terms!
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