Company Picnic
We attended Peter's company picnic first thing that morning. It was scheduled from 10 am - 3 pm. Unfortunately, the boys soccer games were scheduled right in the middle of this time frame. We were only able to stay for about an hour, saying hi to people (Peter is quite popular. Our friend Mel made the comment "is there anyone you DON'T know?!" I'm actually quite proud of this. Peter is great to treat everyone as an equal at work....from the big-wigs to the guys out on the shop floor) and grabbing some grub. Every year there's a raffle of prizes, but you have to be present to win. There was a bbq and family package to Great Wolf Lodge I would have loved to try to win, but since we weren't able to stay, we gave all our raffle tickets to Mel & James, increasing their chances of winning someone awesome for themselves.
Family Shot!
Besides bouncy houses and snow cones, there were horse rides as well. Here I am riding a horse....for the FIRST time ever!!! Peter knew it was on my bucket list of things to try, so he made sure it was the first thing I did at the picnic.
Peter helping Madeleine take a ride on a pony
Clifford and Kristjan taking their turn.
Soccer Games
We went straight from the picnic to the soccer fields. Boys had to change in the car as we drove. We arrived just as Kristjan's game was starting. I kicked him and Peter out of the car, and then drove Clifford down the street for his with enough time to warm up with his team. I heard Kristjan won his game (yay!). As for Clifford, he got off to a rocky start. The game had only started for 10 seconds when Clifford got hit hard in the face with the soccer ball. The game immediately stopped. He stood there for a few seconds trying to shake it off, but then he went down on his knees and tried covering his face. Teammates took a knee while the coach ran onto the field to check him out. Being mom, I really, really wanted to go out there and give him a hug. I could tell by his body language that he was hurt but was working hard on trying to collect himself. Coach talked with him for about a minute before Clifford finally stood up and the game resumed. After that, he gave his all in the game. Sadly, Clifford's team lost 2-5.
Here are pics from Clifford's game. Unfortunately, Peter didn't take any at Kristjan's :(
Snohomish Zombie Walk
After we were done with the soccer games, we quickly went home to grab a few things before making our way up to Snohomish to attend the 2nd Annual Zombie Walk. I heard about this when researching Halloween festivities in our area. Since we'd never been, I wanted us to get there as soon as possible to check it out. For a $5 fee, a local business was offering zombie makeup. With all my years experience making Clifford up as a zombie, I'm pretty good at it. But since I didn't know what to expect from this event (would it be super crowded and busy?can't find parking?), I didn't want to take a lot of time making all of us up and then be late. So instead I went ahead and paid to have it down. We won't do that again. I wasn't expecting much for $5, but yet I was expecting a little more than what we got. Or maybe it was the makeup artist because the guy sitting next to me looked awesome. Oh well. We had some time to kill before the walk started so we walked up and down the main street of businesses. When it was close to time to meet up at the park for instructions, we made our way over, as did all the other "zombies". Some people got really creative. It was fun to see as people started arriving. So instructions and dos & don'ts were read aloud, then we were finally able to creep and crawl our way through town. It was a lot of fun!!! Afterwards, we went out for dinner at one of the local pizza joint.
Getting Make Up Done
A mom was there at the same time as us getting makeup put on. Her baby participated in the event as well. Too Cute!
Having fun while killing time
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