P-F Olympics...what a blast!

As a little girl, we would spend many a holiday and special occasion with my great-grandparents, Grandma and Grandad Prichard (my Grandma Christie's parents). They had this beautiful house that over looked Rocky Bay, in Puget Sound. Grandma and Grandad were full of a fun spirit that was celebrated in all the fantastic and usually silly times we've shared at their home with our huge family. One of the silly things we'd do was a family Olympics; we called the Prichard Olympics, full of Olympic events with a goofy twist.

Grandma and Grandad are now celebrating in heaven...but Mom thought this summer would be a great time to resurrect the Olympics. So this Saturday, the whole family met at Mom and Dad's for two days of great fun. It was a blast to remember old traditions, as well as start new ones all the while thinking of Grandma and Grandad!

Because there are so many Fevergeon's now, we renamed our event the P-F Olympics (Prichard-Fevergeon). Everyone arrived at 10am on Saturday, coming from all directions- California, Oregon, and all across Washington. After hugs and a quick catching up, we got down to business. We divided up into three teams, created team flags, team cheers, and we even had a synchronized swimming performance for our opening ceremonies. Team captains carrying their team flags followed Mom in a lap around the yard as she ran in the Olympic flame. Once our flame had been lit, we sang the national anthem to a chorus of kazoo's. Our synchronized swimmers performed to the beat of "Everybody Dance Now", all wearing goggles, swim caps, and water wings...we even had a special solo from Uncle Denny!

Let the games begin...we had 9 events consisting of ping-pong, discus, basketball, volleyball, diving, relay, broad jump, tennis, and sumo wrestling. All the events had a silly spin. We all ended up soaking wet by the time the day came to a close. The "Bad News Boogers" dominated the games, coming in first. The "Blue Bugachoobas" (Ezri's team of course) took away the silver medal and the "Red Invaders" claimed the bronze. We had so much fun playing as a family and it was special to introduce this childhood tradition to our girls!