Thursday, August 12, 2010

Reunion Trip Part 6

Isaac & Juli King, Michelle Despain & Malisa WhitingThe main event for the third full day of our Farnsworth Reunion (Thursday June 24, 2010) was our Family Olympics.  This year Isaac & Juli King, Michelle Despain and Malisa Whiting were in charge and they did a FABULOUS job!

Malisa Whiting

Malisa Whiting explained each of  the events and helped get everyone divided up into teams.  Each team had to come up with a team name, banner and cheer.  They received points for team spirit throughout the Olympics. 

Aunt Kim’s team was particularly spirited.IMG_4481

 

 

It was fun to see all the creative cheers the teams came up with.

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Bryant & Tucker Whiting pass the water to Esther Lindsay There were many fun events throughout the Family Olympics, including a game like “Hot Potato” where glasses of water were passed around the circle (instead of a potato).  The music for the game was conducted by Isaac King who led everyone on the sidelines in singing our Farnsworth Family Song - “This Is Our Family”.  The chorus grew as more people got  caught with water in their hands.

IMG_4479 IMG_4502 Another fun event was where each team had to lick off the frosting from a bunch of Oreo cookies and nibble the remains to spell out “Farnsworth”.  It was fun to see the creative ways each team came up with to create the letters necessary to spell out “Farnsworth”.

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There were also a lot of fun relay events!

 

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IMG_4480 IMG_4518 Ashilene really bonded with Aleisa King, but was pretty tuckered out by the end.

IMG_4521  Annabelle Pettersen also started showing signs of fatigue.Annabelle & Bear 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Pettersen spent most of the day preparing the Reunion Recap DVD that was shown that evening at our Reunion Recognition and Awards Ceremony.

Jonathan Pettersen works on the Reunion Recap DVD

Mike King

Our Reunion Food Chairperson Extraordinaire, Mike King, slaved away on freshly baked bread.  Yum!!!!!!Mike King's yummy baked bread

IMG_4895 That evening Bob and Diane Ogden (last year’s Chairpersons) handed off the Reunion Chairperson’s Plaque to John and Ruth Perkins, Rojohn and I.  That plaque is now hanging prominently in our living room as a wonderful reminder of all the fantastic memories I have from our Farnsworth Reunion 2010.

1 comment:

Katie and Joel said...

Sounds like a really fun and well organized event. I think it is so fun to hang out with family.