picnic time

 So my family picnic for 2015 is in the books. It is always such a fun day and we all look forward to the relaxed day at my brother's acerage.
A back story, "long legs", my favorite nephew-in-law, has taken a liking to making fun of Dollies and the fact that my sister here likes to wear them. She dresses trendy and he is simply referring to the shirts that have the lace overlay on the back, etc... Apparently once upon a time they had a conversation that if she made him a "dollie" he would wear it. Challenge on.... needless to say Eric had to "wear" her creation. LOVE IT!!!

 Also new this year my brother was able to create the human fuse-ball court. He changed a few things from what I had seen on the internet but his was better. It was so fun, a game that will definitely need to be brought back next year !! I was surprised at how aggressive the game became, holy smokes. Broken nails, (not quite bones), lots of bruises and tons of laughs!!  It was a good time but we did keep the games male and female because mixing it up sounded a little too dangerous!!

 An outside life size Kerplunk game was created a few years ago and has become a regular now. Kids of all ages like this one!

 As always many games of volleyball were completed. Each year the court seems to grow as the next generation gets a bit bigger and able to play.

 Another new try this year was the 3 legged race. Again no broken bones but I do not think there were many who repeated the race a second time.

As always we had tons of food and no one left hungry and everyone left tired and worn out. We start the day at 1 and I think we left at 9 pm! The kids had very dirty bath water when they were done and they all slept VERY well!!! Thanks again Mark and Carol for hosting such a fun day!!! we so enjoy it every year!!