Friday, May 14, 2010

A Day at the Races!

So for any of you who don't know my calling in my church is Ward Activity director which means I am in charge of creating, planning and executing multiple times throughout the year. Most of the activities I plan are for the whole family but a couple of the activities is for adults only...cheap date night. So hear I am calling everyone together to start the activity.So the kids had a blast! They all new for a few weeks that they each needed to create and decorate their own box car for this activity (with some help of course from their parents). So I and a group of great helpers made a 2 lane obstacle course and the raced.
So here are just a few of the kids racing their cars. They loved their course! Each kid was able to race multiple times.
Here's the big question of the night...who actually had more fun racing the box cars, the adults or the kids. Pictures below are some of the times in questions. I think it was all a pretty good success.
The adults had a different obstacle course...it was much more windy and twisty. Also their were stop signs thrown out at them at anytime during their race. If they "ran" their stop sign they had to run back 4 chairs and then continue on.
We can just say that not all of our adults that night were "law" abiding citizens. :) Some even tried to cause crashes by kicking down chairs into the opponents course. It was all so fun!
Below is one of our more "crazy" drivers...even when he is racing a women WITH a baby on board. If you look in the back I am laughing so hard!Also at this activity the young women in our ward were trying to raise money to go to a church girls camp. All the girls made different yummy treats and sold them for $10 each. They had a success in raising money...because the treats were so good! I was able to sample the yummy cake that was made by the mom and her daughter below. A SO DELICIOUS pistachio cake!Then it was time for the "drive-in" movie. When I said that to the kids they said "What's a drive-in movie?" Man I really felt old at that moment. So we got them all situated and started the movie "Johnny Lingo".After we got the movie started and all the kids sitting down I handed out cups of popcorn for everyone to snack on during the show.Now the kids can say they know what a "drive-in" movie is. They all said they had so much fun and wanted to due it again. I said maybe in 1 year. :) Now it is time to plan for the next activity...the 4th of July breakfast (that is scheduled for the 3rd of July actually because the 4th is a Sunday). So we will be having a bike parade and a big breakfast (pancakes, sausage, bacon and hash browns). I'm sure it will be a blast!!

10 comments:

Brianna said...

It looks like you did a great job... how fun!!

Steve and Erin Larsen said...

What a fun night!! Good job Brianne! Looks like you all had a blast!!

McDowell Family said...

Hey I am the activities chair for our ward too, that looks like a lot of fun. Did you have lots of people show up??

Staci said...

That looks like such a fun ward party! Love it!

Carla said...

What a great activity!!

The Pritchard Party said...

Fun!! I don't even recognize half the kids in that picture which means they're getting TOO BIG!! cute idea though!

Krista said...

That looks like a fun activity! hmmm... might have to use that one for a later date! :)

Trevlyn said...

What a great idea! You're so clever! :)

Cheryl said...

I want to to that activity! That looks like so much fun!!!! Good job to you and all your 'helpers'!

Molly said...

Sounds like such a fun activity. I will have to remember that one for our ward! Thanks for the great idea!