Olsen Family Reunion

We opted to have the Wilford & Vera Olsen Family Reunion at the Naples City Park this year. As our first activity we played hide under the parachute. Erin brought us home a retired chute from Beaufort. Those with longer legs would hold the outer edges and run to fill it with air while those with shorter legs would hide inside and let it settle over them when the runners stopped. Everyone had a ball with that.

Sheila planned the other activities. She had several "Minute to Win It" games. (You can get ideas from their web site.) The cup stacking was the first and probably the easiest one. Megan and Brad. Rena and her grand daughter Tauren.Natalie and my nephew Brandon.Lilli, Tori, Lijiah, and Mick. The next game: You hold a tongue depressor in your mouth and try to stack 6 dice on the end of it. Natalie. Jamie.Rena. This was probably the funnest to watch and the least fun to participate in. You dipped the tip of your nose in Vaseline, then touched a bowl full of cotton balls until one stuck to your nose, then hurried to the opposite table and tried to shake it off. The winner was the one that moved the most cotton balls in the minute. Megan. Natalie. This was a fun one also. Starting with empty pop cans. Build a pyramind. 1, paper plate. 2, paper plate, etc. Rena got all five on top and a gust of wind came through. Rats!!Just chilling. We were actually planning the next Olsen Girls 18+ get away. We have so much fun together.

We are looking forward to next year and more parachute and minute to win it.