The day started off at 10:00 sign-up where some very creative names were thrown around and we ended up with Snow Cougars. However, my favorite suggestion was Three Teachers and a Baby, since our team consisted of two of my fellow middle school newbie teachers and one of their fiancee who is pregnant.
Then we were off for the first event, the turkey bowl, which took place in the parking log that had some frozen, slippery areas. It was fun and we set a record for the most points ever to be had in this event, so of course we took first. Right out of the gates...dominating!
Second was the sled launch which we were picked to go first in since we won the previous event. Two team members pushed one member down a pretty big hill and whoever went the furthest won! You had two attempts and even with the two attempts I am pretty sure we took 5th in this one.
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| Team Snow Cougars sled launch! |
Next it was onto the toilet seat toss. This is a very cleaver game. Take toilet seats and toss them to try and get a ringer around a toilet plunger that is on a piece of wood. This was so hard! First of all it was a windy day, and wind is a factor when throwing large toilet seats. We battled it out and played three rounds and ended up taking 3rd. Not bad, not bad.
Finally we were onto the games the boys were most excited about, volleyball and dodge ball. We played several games of volleyball and ended up winning that bracket. Have you ever tried to play volleyball in the snow. You really cannot get much air when you are wearing snow boots and are stuck in a snow drift. However it does make it pretty fun to dive for the ball. We took home another big "W" for that event as well.
The second to last event was dodge ball and we once again dominated this event. Taking first in this one as well. Four people teams, six balls, in the snow. Once again, it was a ton of fun and who would have thought to play this game in the snow!
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| 1,2,3, Dodge Ball! |
So overall we won three out of the five events. We thought this would put us for sure in second place. We were right, with points we were tied in second with one other team and behind the first place team by 10 pts. This meant the optional, bonus event, was no longer optional for this fairly competitive team. The polar plunge! An inflatable kiddie pool was filled at the beginning of the day with water and left to chill. (kids throwing snow in definitely helped to cool it to perfection). The criteria for this plunge was to run from the club house to the kiddie pool and be completely submerged. Each team member that participated got 25 pts. for their overall team score. Yes, the snow cougars all participated and survived. However, even after all that effort and skill, hopefully I will get a picture of a teammate's perfect swan dive into the pool, we still managed to hold our solid second place finish. Not too bad for a bunch of newbies and completely co-ed team, with a 4 mo. pregnant lady. :)
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| Resting up enjoying the weather! |
That was a great way to spend a Saturday from a full week of 4 am workouts and ITBS testing. Which was also survived. Looks like a few more things to add to the book of adventures overcome.
1. First year teaching ITBS
2. Seeing 4am on a regular basis
3. Chillympics!
4. Loving the life I have been blessed with!
Not too much to sit back and reflect on, just that all things are possible and life is all about relationships,.the people in your life are very important In church today the ending remark was...remarkable and definitely worthwhile remembering. So much that we got cards as we left with these wonderful words on it...
Where you are, God has placed you.
What you have, God has given you.
What you are to do, God will show you.
All you need, God will provide.
Good luck this week. Remember, God will provide we have nothing to fear or worry about! Yay, it's got to be a great week with that good news.
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