Day twenty-one – Fourth of July! The reason we came to Concord so quickly on our trip! Family time! The day started early (yawn!) with a paintball war. There were eighteen people all together, not counting observers or dogs. Since I was not participating (and neither were Sam or Buster) I was hanging out for a while watching everyone gear up and get their game faces on.
I didn’t really listen to the long safety speech given by one of the referees, but I do remember the phrase “red is dead.” Sounded pretty important to me! I also remember him stating that getting shot with the paintballs didn’t really hurt, but I wasn’t buying it! J
I didn’t really listen to the long safety speech given by one of the referees, but I do remember the phrase “red is dead.” Sounded pretty important to me! I also remember him stating that getting shot with the paintballs didn’t really hurt, but I wasn’t buying it! J
Sam got involved with a “treasure hunt” by picking up all the intact paintballs that were left on the ground in the staging area. He spent a couple of hours on that project and collected a HUGE bag of paintballs! I opted to leave and take Buster back to the rig since it was getting pretty hot outside. Jim’s sister was staying for quite a while to snap some pics, so Sam stayed with her to continue on his quest. Everybody finally used up all their ammo around 1:00 pm, after having a blast!
Afterwards, everyone gathered at Grammy’s house for LOTS of food and company. We played some “Minute to Win It” type games, which were quite imaginative and pretty challenging. I was shocked to actually complete some of the tasks – they seem impossible at first glance. The little ones ran and played endlessly. Later, there was a food competition where everyone was to prepare a food that looked like one thing, but tasted like something else. There were some pretty cool presentations! I convinced Jim to prepare his “breakfast pizza” which is something he makes quite regularly – like an omelet but looks more like pizza with pepperoni, etc. He placed it in a pizza box for presentation. One of the funniest moments of the contest was when Shawn took a piece of “pizza” for a taste test, only to discover it was actually eggs – one of the only foods he detests! We all had a BIG laugh over that one since he was totally fooled! J Elizabeth won the contest with her great presentation of spaghetti and meatballs that was really a humongous rice krispie treat topped with frosting – even the plate was part of the “dinner.” Jim tied for second place – woo hoo!!
As if we hadn’t done enough on this wonderful day, we finished it up with the town fireworks display that night at 9:30 pm. The kids were still full of energy, and the fireworks were ooooh and ahhh-some. Great day!!
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