Quarter of a Century

     Nicole became officially 'old' today. In celebration of this historical moment, David threw a surprise 'Survivor' themed party last weekend. Quite a large crowd of friends gathered for an evening filled with eight intense competitions inspired by the show 'Survivor'. We were cheered on by a mass of local Moroccan kids who were intrigued by the apparent craziness of us Americans as we participated in the games. The evening ended with a hotdog roast and good conversations. Enjoy some pictures:

Tug-of-war:

Memory:

An insane obstacle course which involved pushing a car, knife throwing, and pull-ups (among other things):

 [side note: The pull up bar broke while Dave was doing pull-ups. This resulted in him falling from the very top of the doorway where the bar was initially mounted and down a flight of stairs.]

A violent water race:

 

Finale: An intense race that involved opening a Moroccan magic box, using scrabble tiles to solve clues, finding the numbers needed to open a combination lock, and making a fire large enough to burn through a piece of twine (which, of course, caused the team flag to raise)

Hot dog roast:

 Good times.

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Thank you to Oscar Mayer for inventing fully cooked bacon which does not require refrigeration. Thanks to this wonderful invention, we were able to bring bacon to Morocco and eat it for breakfast on my birthday. The leftover bacon was used to make the most delicious BLT sandwiches for lunch. :)

Thank you to the third grade Saxon Math curriculum for conveniently covering "calendars" in unit 1. Thanks to this lesson, all of Nicole's students were forced to create a September calendar and mark any important events/holidays on that calendar - including Mrs. Grudda's birthday. They must have paid attention because none of them forgot:

-David & Nicole