Institute Olympics

Our winter opening social came pretty quickly - the first Friday of the new semester! We had lots of planning to do, and we really wanted the activity to be fun for everyone involved. This was the awesome sight that people saw as they entered the institute:

(L to R: Maggie, Maren, Brad, and me)

These wonderful people were there to greet people as they arrived and give them their name tag. Each ward was a team, and the name tags were color coded by ward.

I was in charge of the first event - human curling. We structured it as a cross between bocce ball and shuffle board, but with office chairs. There was an X on the ground that was the target.

(Maggie trying to wiggle the chair closer to the target)

Sometimes, the chairs were so close that precise measuring was required.

(Jon and I using our bodies to measure the distance)

Next came speed sock skating. I thought that I was going to be schooled by the boys that I was racing against. However, I was the least massive, so my inertia didn't carry me wide. I was able to keep my feet better and I schooled the boys!

Our institute director and full-time teacher raced against each other. It was absolutely hilarious! The race was a close one (you can see them at the finish line here). Hollis declared, "And the winner is... everyone who just watched that!"

(L to R: Brother White, Brother Knowles)

The next event was razor scooter/nerf gun biathlon. Instead of participating in that, we choreographed our dance routine for the synchronized donut eating contest.

(L to R: Hope, Carrie, Me - Maren is the pink arm you can see behind hope)

Our performance was... well, not nearly as cool as we thought it would be. But not bad. Funny.

I stuffed TWO donuts into my face. It was pretty disgusting.