A M A Z I N G!
First, I got to see some great friends of mine get married. Okay, so due to Jess and Amos having to find childcare and a long drive to Michigan, we only made it to the reception. But it was AMAZING to celebrate with the happy couple and it was great to catch up with another college friend, Ritchie. I have known Scott since college. He has been such a wonderful friend over the past 11 years. Wow! Yes, 11 years! Sarah, his wife, is incredible and just makes you feel as if you have been friends for just as long. I love how happy they are and the love that they share. And am blessed to call them friends!
Then Sunday, Jamie and Travis threw an AMAZING Race party! It was completely well thought out and organized. We were immediately divided into teams (red, blue, and orange). And then competed in our first quick challenge to decide race order. My team, the red team, won and decided to go first. This decision might have hindered us slightly, but we were glad to experience everything first.
Our first clue takes us to Nappanee where we must make chocolate chip cookies without using a box mix...I know, crazy huh? Who can remember how to make basic cookies without a box mix? So we called Danny's mom to have her read us a recipe. We kind of baked them just enough to be able to put them on a plate and take off to our next task.
This took us to Wakarusa where we had to drive a lawnmower around an obstacle course. The men drove blindfolded as the women directed. Too fun!
We then headed to Goshen airport for our third task. Of course when we got there, a call had to be made to find out what our task was. But soon we were directed into a room to take a test. Okay, so we guessed on most of them. There were 10 questions covering information on lear jets, altitude, runway length, and pilot information. It was quite the test. But we finally got all of them correct and then jetted off to our 4th destination.
There we had to set up a tent and take it down as fast as possible, but correctly of course. It was quite easy for us as we had three avid campers on my team. Danny did a good job of helping as well :).
Since I know you read this blog Jamie, I am sending you and Travis a huge thanks for organizing such a wonderful party!!! It couldn't have gone any better!...very creative!
10 comments:
Thanks for the congrats! We are so excited and have so much to do!! We are planning a November wedding (of this year!!), so we'll be busy this summer!
Fun, fun, fun!
ha i love your title and how you incorporated it throughout your post. sounds like another great weekend!! :)
jenn, great great recap!!! first, i was so LUCKY to get to spend so much quality time with you this weekend! i love it! and the reception was awesome! scott and sarah are amazing together :) and catching up with ritchie was a blast! words then can't even describe how much fun the amazing race was!!! the pictures you incorporated were perfect :) i had a blast! and again, i got to spend the day with you :) what a great weekend! love ya!
Go red team! What a cool idea and what a lot of work to plan out all the activities and events on Sunday. We had a great time even though our team came in last place! :(
Your welcome! I'm glad everyone had a good time. We couldn't have asked for better weather for the day and friends to spend it with.
how FUN! my husband loves the amazing race! he even sent in an audition tape with his best friend from high school. it sounds like you had a great weekend! :)
That is a really cool idea!! Sounds like you all had an awesome time! What an awesome group of friends you have!!!!
You are so AMAZING! :) Sounds great--I love the amazing race! love ya!
This cracks me up! How awesome! I would have lost in every round. And I would have eaten the cookies. :)
You have some great friends!! :)
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