Yesterday, my church had it's fall family time (or as it's formally called, "Fabulously Fantastic Family Fall Festival"). There are different categories to enter (breads, chili, baked goods, crafts) if you so choose, and there's time for fellowship, food, & games.
And it was a lot of fun.
Kev, my cousin Kyle, Chelsea & Garrett were all there with me, and I'm sure they enjoyed it, too. Chelsea and I tried to give the unicycles a try
, but, for the life of me, I couldn't convince Kev to (don't know why, he loves to bike and do a lot of crazy stunts
). Kev and I won the egg toss.
And while Kev and Ky took the little ones to play on the playground, my team one the playdoh sculture contest.
After that is was time for volleyball. We didn't keep score for that, but I think I could probably tell you who won. (Kinda like golf, you may not be adding up your scorecard, but you still have a pretty good estimate if you bother to think about it for half a second.) Then it was time to eat, if you wanted to. Since we ate before we left, we decided to chat and play more with the little ones. (Oh, yeah, there was a "free time" [please excuse the kindergarten terminology
] at the beginning, too.)
Okay, so if you've read this far, you're probably wondering when I'm going to get to the part that I'm pleased about.
Well, I like to enter the craft category. So I thought I'd enter Garrett's teddy bear, Bear Bear, and the doll I made for Chelsea, Greta, as a set. And that's exactly what I did. That is, after I gained Chelsea and Garrett's permission, which they were actually more hesitant than I thought they would be (especially when I told them that they'd have to have a sleep-over party at church the night before - I thought Chelsea would wash the house away with tears, but it was nice to know just how special they are to the kids). Chelsea entered a clay owl, and Garrett entered a self-portrait of himself. Had I known that photography was a craft, I'm sure Kev and/or I would have entered a pic.
In the 0-12 year-old group, Garrett received "honorable mention", and Chelsea received 2nd.
Oh, and Bear Bear and Greta brought home a nice blue ribbon.
