What a night we had last night. So much fun. I have loads of pics and some video, but will only post a few -- there's just so much to choose from. The event started off with lots of family pictures (of course.....) then a delicious buffet dinner, followed by scrumptious dessert, then a breaking the ice game -- we sang the 12 days of Christmas with everyone whose birthdays fell on certain months singing lines from the 12 days i.e. all the January birthday people sang "a partridge in a pear tree....", the February people sang " 2 turtle doves", the March people sang "3 french hens!" while Doug and I as emcees stood in the front and sang the opening lines....."On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....." and whosever month it was had to sing their line. The catch was that everyone was sitting down, and they had to stand to sing their line then sit down again! So the January people had to stand and sing their line 12 times, the February people had to stand and sing their line 11 times, and so on. It was funny! Wish I had videotape of that-- not sure if anyone was taking videos cause everyone was too busy laughing! We also played Family Feud, a game involving a spoon tied to long string (don't ask ....just see pics below....!) and the funniest game of the evening - musical chairs. The pictures speak for themselves.
Here are the lovely ladies sitting down comfortably in their chairs, waiting for the music to start. They weren't comfortable for very long.
When the music stopped each guy had to sit on a girl's lap. It was hysterical!
Success at sitting on a girl's lap did not come easy, and unfortunately for some of the girls who were crushed and shoved........
There was pushing.......
.....and shoving.....
And downright, shameless cheating. Here you see my nephew Joaquin in the white shirt, who sat down on Steph's lap first, only to be followed a split second later by my other nephew Timmy diving through the air and landing between Steph and Joaquin. So hilarious!
Here's the other game...which involved having to thread a spoon tied to string down one guy's pants and down through the leg, into a girls sweater, then down into a second guy's pants and back again in reverse going the same way it came. Whichever team got the spoon to travel through and have it pulled out first wins.
And the winners..!
Of course there was lots of dancing -- here's Jordan, Carolyn, Steph and Kath.
We had a fun night -- and now ..... it's back to work tomorrow! Welcome 2009. I wish each and every one of you a great 2009 with lots of good things ahead!
The night was an absolute blast! Hi Norie...Telly again. And I videotaped the entire 12 Days of Christmas song....so funny!
That "spoon" game was hilarious as well. All those that read your blog are just skimming the surface of how much fun the evening was.
Happy New Year agian!
Telly (your favourite sister!)
Posted by: telly miller | January 02, 2009 at 06:19 PM