We started out the competition with the SLALOM:
Everyone chose a skier (plastic army men frozen in ice cubes) and carefully guided them down the slope. Uncle Jarom won the competition and actually put his guy through all the gates. Enoch careened his guy off the slope and out of the box, but the skier was fine and tried again.
Next up, CURLING:This was stiff competition. I think Enoch and Carson beat us all. The curling venue was located in the upstairs hall. We took turns sliding our weighted carpet skates on the carpet to the marked off point area. Everyone enjoyed this event.
And then, SHORT TRACK:Short track was hilarious! Oh my goodness! This event was only for men. The track was five times around the kitchen table in stocking feet. Uncle Kyle started on the inside and kept the inside until Uncle Jarom cut across the track. This was great fun. (See video below)
And finally, PAIRS FIGURE SKATING:Greg and Kate won this event. They did a beautiful program full of turns, lifts and throws. They had great technique and artistic merit.
All the kids were awarded gold medals at the end of the competition.
After the games, we opened presents. Enoch received a zhu zhu pet from Aunt Michelle and Uncle Dave, a bubble airplane from Fords and a way cool battleship from Grandma and Grandpa Randall. He loved all his toys. Notice that his zhu zhu hamster, Jon, is driving the ship.
Kate still isn't sure about this opening present thing, but she loved her gifts as well. She also got a zhu zhu pet, a stuffed lion puppet from the Youngs, some princesses from the Ford's, and a dress up box filled with fun things from Grandma and Grandpa Randall and Great grandma and grandpa Jordan. What fun.
We then sang Happy Birthday and ate our cupcakes.
Short track - family style.
2 comments:
What a fun party it was. I especially loved the games and the short track. Good job Greg on being so creative!
Oh, I laughed and laughed at every description of each event. I am absolutely astounded at the creativity Greg has to think up all those fun events! How fun it all looked! I'm not surprised at the Olympic theme, Tresa. You do love the Olympics, and so do I! I so wish we had been there, but your pictures description and video made us feel as if we had been there. Thank you! Thank you! Enoch and Kate got such fun toys. The battleship looks very cool and our little princess, Kate, is a truly beautiful princess. Thank you to Great-Grandma Jordan!
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