Every week (well, almost every week), we try to get together with our friends for a LAN. A LAN, or a LAN party, is when your friends bring their computers to your house and hook them up on the local area network (the LAN) so you can play video games together.

This was popular before there were online video games and before everybody had a decent internet connection. Nowadays, you don’t need to be in the same room as your friends to play games with them, but part of the fun is being together to talk, collaborate on the game, and just hang out.

We host LANs at our house most of the time, but these photos are from a LAN at Jason’s house this past February. Since it was the first LAN that we took Dash to outside of our own house, we’re counting this as Dash’s First LAN.

We usually eat pizza, drink beer, and play World of Warcraft. I have a level 80 tauren warrior, and I’m working on a blood elf priest. Eric and his friends have a level 80 of just about everything. Level 80 is currently the cap, but there is plenty of end-game content to keep us busy until the next expansion.

We tried to teach Dash how to play, but his hands aren’t quite big enough for the keyboard. Plus, he wasn’t quite able to sit up without assistance yet. Oh well… maybe next time, Dash! There are surely many more LANs in your future.

For The Horde!

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