Survivor #5

(I suggest you listen to the Survivor tune on my playlist while reading this.) In celebration of the 4 years past ... something special was taken from each of those years to somewhat re-experience. How meaningful is all of this? Extremely special! I was going to make a list. Then I thought I'd just ramble and push all my thoughts together into a big jumbled blurb. However, I don't want to take a single tidbit away from our annual adventure. We are promised a CD of this year's Survivor Challenge ... can't wait. Meanwhile, that keeps incriminating photos and videos off of my blog (where they don't belong anyway, because we each kick off our shoes and let it all hang out). Let the games begin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~in no particular order:

• Swimming pool/cold water/different colored golf balls.
• Pantyhose/baseball/empty can/water bottle knock over.
  
• Water toss from cup to cup/partners.
  
• 1. Bubble gum baseball bat tied to waist/swing to get baseball across street/curb to curb. 2. Run to back yard and using opposite dominate hand, re-stack plastic cups in order. 3. Put animal piece puzzle together.
• M & M game, uncover 3 colored candies and put in cups, using straw, suck up one color and put into another cup.
  
• Elimination round, using Nerf guns to knock over competitor's empty cans with their names on.
• Crepe paper twirl using different colored crepe paper rolls and swinging with both arms to undo 2 rolls each.
  
• Cone hat toss in teams of 3.
  
• Partner game, pantyhose tied around one player's eyes and a paper bag over head. Caller directs Paper bagged person to 4 piles of socks and directs them back to start line with correct sock (stripe/plain/argyle).
• Jelly belly taste test - booger, skunk, toothpaste, baby wipes, dirt, pencil shavings, barf, vinegar, moldy cheese, sour milk, etc. We had a list of 12 flavors but only 9 jelly beans.
• Church key relay, used with rope and a spoon, drinking beer at end.
• Tie game with two players - played spoons and Lisa won.

Hosted by Lori 3 pm til? 08/28/2010 Bonfire followed festivities
(Would you Rather?)

SURVIVOR 2010

Stay Tuned!! Details coming soon.

Pancakes...need I say more?

(**Note, you may want to listen to the BANANA PANCAKES song in my playlist as you read this. Enjoy**)

OK, everyone, pancakes 2010! We had some delicious pancakes made by Greg at his home in Flint! Tried to make them ourselves, but couldn't repeat the dish. Sarah has made us some yummy pancakes and I copied Grandma Charlie's recipe that was up on a stand in Sarah's kitchen, and we enjoyed making those. Then Greg and Liz made Bob pancakes on father's day - what a treat! But now.....drum roll please.......

There was a pancake eating contest up in the Northwoods and some of our friends who join us at the resort took part in the contest. Pancakes served with fruit of their choice or chocolate chips. They tried really really hard, tried to get on the Wall of Fame.................... so read on and enjoy the pictures!

First we have Jen - and it's her birthday week too. My money was on Jen - she could do it!

Then we have Corey - he chose chocolate chip pancakes - yum, and it proved to be very rich for his taste as he got further into the PILE, but he kept eating.



Calm, cool and collected Matt - now this just doesn't seem fair! Doesn't his pile look taller than the other two? Matt went at the challenge seriously and added syrup to his blueberry pancakes. And then he added more syrup. He was determined!



Did they forget Conor? Yes, we believe they did! Maybe they gave his pancakes to Matt for a double serving?? Anyway, Conor waits patiently.



And then Conor smiles - he can do it! He knows he can - youngest member of the family will show everyone up! Blueberries on top.



And this was so much more fun because of fellow photographer Colleen! She and I were buzzing around, trying to get the best shots of this exciting event, get it down in history, get the contestants to sit in a row properly, and meanwhile, laughing and commiserating on the inside - with each other. Ahhhhhhhh

Well you may ask who won? Who the heck won? Who got their name on the wall of fame? Who? Well, I think we have to wait for another year. All said and done, everyone agreed Matt did the best job, but no one finished. They'll get t-shirts and their pictures on the wall of shame instead. I didn't get photos of any of the onlookers, but this event was enjoyed by all of them. I predict that C.J. or Sammy will master this someday. I also predict that Corey and Jen may not eat pancakes for the rest of the year.

Please share this post with all the contestants - thanks!