2011 Gray PEAR Affair, aka The Alligator Pear Congregation, WRAP UP—Posted August 6, 2011 |
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FRIDAY GET TOGETHER, JULY 29, 2011 Family and friends were invited for a get together at Alice's house Friday evening and enjoyed an abundant array of hometown food: hot dogs, hamburgers, homemade potato salad, homemade cake, chips, dip, and more—a perfect menu to enjoy with excellent Washingtonian July weather while sitting under a huge tent canopy in Alice's charming backyard. For those of you who couldn't make it Friday night, we missed you! |
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SATURDAY POTLUCK, JULY 30, 2011 Okay maybe not all the games were played on Saturday as planned, but the time went so fast there just wasn't time. I felt like I was ringing my bell to grab people's attention for group photos, food, games, and door prizes every time they turned around so I am thinking no one really missed not playing Grab the Gator or running races. Weigh in if you don't agree. My favorite activities were the piñata and Top Croc at 3:00. The Puzzle for Prizes didn't quite go the way I had planned since I forgot to tell everyone there were only 10 matches. (See game descriptions under the July 19th post below.) The Piñata: Doing the piñata like this worked out great; it may well be the way to do piñatas in the future—definitely safer than stick-wielding kids! Top Croc at 3 O'Clock: Frank Mesa and Anya Mesa played the game very well. They were the Top Crocs! Anya had nine tickets and Frank had eight tickets when 3:00 rolled around. Here they are displaying their alligator ticket collections and their prizes. And in case those of you who attended didn't notice (of course you did), there were lots of alligators crawling all over the Norway Hall, big ones, stuffed ones, inflated ones, and itty bitty ones gathering about on the tables—all in honor of this year's reunion theme—The Alligator Pear Congregation! There were 36 attendees at the reunion this year. There were many who could not make it. You were all missed! We hope you will make it next year. The Gray PEAR Reunion is ALWAYS on the last Friday and Saturday of July. Mark your calendar and save these dates for 2012! The next reunion will be at Frank and Lisa Mesa's place the first weekend in August. There will be more camaraderie with family and friends, more good food to eat, and more games to play, maybe some old ones from the past or maybe some new ones or maybe even a combination. Anyone who has ideas or would like to lend a hand, let us know! Sue
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Top Croc at 3 o' clock using Alligator Tickets: |
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Below is postcard for this year's Gray PEAR Affair Family Reunion—Posted May 8, 2011. Click to view larger. |
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