When I made my goal list, I knew that I was going to be able to complete this goal. We had a very successful inaugural VanDeed Field Day, but everybody knows the sophemore album is the hardest one to make a hit! Luckily, we learned some things from Year 1 that would help us immensely in planning Year 2. Also, we had a built in theme, thanks to the Summer Olympics being this year and actually "opening" the night before our event.
This year, the games were held on Saturday, July 28th at Union Ridge Park. We like Union Ridge as the fields are big and flat and the grass is very well kept - nice to run around barefoot in! We had just about 60 people participate this year which was a great turnout and gave us some nice rounded out teams or "countries". After the Opening Ceremonies, we split into teams and "let the games begin!"
We played 7 different games - some previously established and some made-up. The games we played were:
100m Dash
Javelin
Shoeput
Fencing "Chicken Style"
Dizzy Steeplechase
Nordic Skiing
Synchronized Spooning
Here are some pics from the games:
Not sure yet if there will be a 3rd year in 2013 or if we'll push it out a year, but this event will definitely happen again! It is so much fun to hang out with friends new and old and pretend to be kids again! Big kids, that is. :)
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