After a time of mingling and munching, we headed over to the barn for some barn dancin'! I had lots of fun dancing, but most of the group didn't get into it as much as they could have, so we didn't dance as long as we could. Regardless, I do love to dance!
(Click the 'barn dancin' link to see a video of us, it may not work for everyone)
After some groovin', everyone mingled back into the house while Mandee and I set up the remaining part of the Obstacle Course! I had a blast with this, but while we explained the rules and the route of the course, not everyone listened...which made it hard during the event. BUT nonetheless, it was fun. We ran through tires, dug in a barrel full of leaves to find clothes pins, and scurried to get our teams across the pond in paddle boats - worst/best part.. my boots were FULL of water by the time I got across. After everyone was across we ran to the round pen and had a relay race! Next stop, the trailer, where James was hiding after sneaking away from the team. Scared Cassie so much she fell on the floor! Then ran across some boards, to the maze made with ropes. Grabbing a partner, one lead another across with their eyes shut, not being able to touch the ropes or else they had to start it over. Once that was complete one partner pushed or pulled the other in a wagon or dolly up the hill to wait for the rest of the team to be finished! It was fun, even though I had to explain what we were doing as we went along!! My team, finished first and found most of the hidden glow sticks!
After the course, we voted for best costume. Mel won, dressed as a clown! Great costume!
More mingling and munching took place and even some instrument playing... I of course had to put on another change of clothes. After some time, everyone gathered for a game of Mafia. Another thing that didn't go as smoothly as it could have since not everyone listened to the rules and it was just a very talkative crowd. If you've ever played it, you'd know this game require you to be quite most of the time... but again, it was still fun and gave us many laughs! Two games of it and we were all pretty exhausted. Some people left, the rest of us did some more... mingling and munching!
Mel the Clown
Mandee the Pirate
Anna the 80's Girl
Cassie the Pirate
Sam the Bum
Jacob as Zorro
Steve as God's Gift to Women
Caleb the Hick/Drunk
Jon the Cowboy
Josh the Pirate
James the 80's girl's boyfriend...in the 80's.
The night was fun, full of games and meeting new people! So even though I don't celebrate the true holiday of Halloween, I still enjoy the opportunity to have a fun night dressed as someone else!
I totally hear you on the Christian stance of Halloween. I think it's a fun day for kids to dress up and have fun but have never gotten into the "evil" of it. Love your costume. Only thing is I think I actually wore stuff like that school :( So funny! My favorite is the "God's gift to women" So funny, sounds like something Jeff would do! I loved your post before this one but didn't know how to comment Anna but it was neat reading your thoughts/reflections.
ReplyDeleteI still feel so bad for Cassie getting scared! LOL! It was great fun. :)
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