Winter Picnic a success
A week ago last night, our church hosted a winter picnic. We turned the heat up in the fellowship hall so folks could dress in summer clothes if they wanted and had a great time. We ate great fourth-of July food—hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, etc. plus desserts. Somebody brought mango salsa, yumm! It was an intergenerational party and the popular and hilarious games were intergenerational too. A big thank-you goes to our organizers: Judy Holcomb, JoAnne Jones and Lisa Griffin. Thanks to Christian Robison using Nancy Collins’ camera, I have a bunch of pictures to put on our website. There were so many good ones that I decided to make a separate gallery for some of the shots of the children.
Intergenerational games kept everyone’s interest
First there was the dress-up relay. What an ice-breaker! The idea was for each member of your team to don all the over-size clothes in the suitcase over the top of your clothes and then take them off and put them back in the suitcase so the next team member could do the same. I went last on my team but despite the fact that the other team was all finished, I was not spared the challenge, as the photo blog shows. Harrison took his own shirt off first before putting on the multiple suitcase shirts. At this my wife interjected, “Wardrobe malfunction!” More relay races followed. Those who didn’t want to play watched and some cheered. Then there was the egg race. Each team member in turn had to carry eggs on a spoon to a can. The object was to get more eggs in the can in a given time than your competitor on the other team. Last was the over/under ball pass. First back through the line, then forward, over the head of one person, then between the legs of the next. The fact that the game was intergenerational made it even more challenging.