2nd Annual Backyard Olympic Games

Last weekend the future Corbell family held the second annual backyard Olympics, and to say it was a blast would be an understatement. First off, I tip my hat to Katie and Jarred for putting together this whole shin dig. All I did was show up with some pumpkin bread and a table; they are the masterminds behind this great tradition. 

So a week out before the games there is usually a big email that goes out on who wants to participate and when the games will be held. Then we have a happy hour where all the names are drawn out of a hat for who is teamed up with who. This year my teammate was Grior : ) I've been lucky so far with having great teammates ( if they consider themselves lucky, may be another story lol). 

There are six games that every team will compete against another team in, and you only have 15 mins or less per station to play each game. So at the end of the timed round whoever is winning moves forward period. For example in beer pong: one play only has two cups the other has three and time has been called- even though  the game is not technically over who ever has the least amount of cups left wins that round.  The games are as follows:

Quarters

Washers

Cornhole

Beer Pong 

Ladder Ball 

Flip Cup

Ricky was originally suppose to play but had a last minute flight to Vegas for work. He was pretty bummed he couldn't participate this year, but I could think of worse places he could have been.  The theme this year was " What are thankful for" kinda on the lines of Thanksgiving coming up this week ; )

The official rules are posted for everyone to reference at all times

a picture of all the teams

All the brackets

team squires!

My partner in crime for these festivities -ps it's his cigarette smoke in front of my hair lol

The hostess showing her awesome Miss Lady Liberty outfit

The king and queen team

Becca as half of the Movember Mustache team

Jimi and his partner Sarah

Sam as John Lennon

Andy came down from Kileen! Her and Anna were Seminoles, Love it

Ryan and I's first match was in quarters

Unfortunately, we lost and as part of the rules you must salute the winners on one knee. But in our defense we were the first to play this game and we did not know it was best two out of three. We only lost the first round, lol

Some of the lovely ladies who came by to watch the festivities

We won the washers round- they weren't very happy to kneel to us lol

Anna and Andy with a victory

An action shot during the finals

one of the many rounds of flip cup

Jarred winning the epic beer pong challenge between us and them

Another action shot

As mentioned earlier we had a big battle at our beer pong round. As time was called both teams had only one cup left, and we went into sudden death. We each got at least one ball in the sudden death round 3 times in a row until finally.... Jarred got the last one in for the win. It was a blast! ( not the most flattering picture of me though, but figured it was needed to document the great battle, lol)

The Semi finalists at the top and the winners below them

 There were things like Fan Fest 2012 and the First Annual Circuit of the America's Formula 1 race going on downtown, but I swear this was the place to be! Needless to say I passed out by 7pm on the couch at home, lol. Have an awesome Thanksgiving Holiday!! I can't wait to be in Tallahassee next weekend for the FSU vs. UF game I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!

have a great week- Luv Di