Family Olympics

This year was the Third AnnualPerson's Family Olympics at Lake Roosevelt. The games last for three of the days that we are at the lake. Each family (The Alans "Purple Pirates", The Brian's "Team Beep", and The Dale's "Wake Snakes") comes with 3 of their own events, explains them with the rest of the teams, and then the events take place. Grandma Persons and Aunt Jean were the officials responsible for making those "close and arguable" calls and tallying all the points. In the end, Team Beep barely edged us out and walked away with the coveted "Diego Trophy". They'd better be prepared as the Wake Snakes will be returning next year with a whole arsenal of wicked skills, ready to reclaim our destined possesion.
This year we had each team design their own Olympic Uniforms and Team Flag.

This is during the "Passing of the Torch" ceremony.

One of the events included a Team Relay Race. Scotty returned from his mission just in time to help us out with his much needed skills.

Another was the "2 and a half foot" sling shot event. I'm not even exagerating either. You could practically touch the targets, but couldn't get that ball to fly straight if your life depended on it. I think next year we'll have to move the line closer so that some of us even have a chance.

Then there was the Missle Throw. The little kids seemed to do better at this one than the adults.

Other events not show included waterballoon relays, hoola-hoop tosses, spongey-ball-between-the-knees races, and a few others that I can't remember. All in all, everyone had a blast. The only downfall is that we have to wait another year to do it all again.

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