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Halloween Amazing Race

Well it looks like it's time for my annual blog post so here goes.  I have had a Halloween party every year since I was in the 7th grade.  This has been one of my favorite Halloween traditions and I am really going to try to keep it up as long as possible.  Who knows, maybe it will be a tradition for the rest of my life!  Anyways, for my 10th annual Halloween party I hosted a Halloween themed Amazing Race.  All I can say is that if you're thinking about doing an Amazing Race for a party, DO IT!  My guests all loved and they had so much fun!  Who doesn't love making a fool of themselves and running around like a kid on Halloween?  Plus it was fun to watch each other's videos and look at the pictures that the other groups took when it was all over.

Here's how I did it.  I had four different "pit stops" where each group had to complete three tasks before they could move on to the next pit stop.  I had each group start at a different pit stop and rotate through them in order so that they wouldn't be stepping on each other's toes.  After they had finished all three tasks at each pit stop they were directed to the "final destination" where I was waiting to tell them which place they came in the race.  My race works best with four groups with at least four people in each group, but you could have more groups - you would just need to make more pit stops and tasks.  Or, you could have less groups and keep all of the pit stops.  It's all up to you and how you want to organize your party!  I put one person in each group in charge of handing out the task cards and making sure that the entire group did each task correctly.  This person was also the designated driver and would text me when they were moving on to the next pit stop.  This helped me know where everyone was at so that I could get to the final destination spot in time.

Ok so here's my pit stops and clues.  I live in student housing next to a college campus so some of my pit stops and tasks might not work for you, but you can adapt them or create new tasks that fit your area.  Just be creative :)

Pit Stop #1:  My Apartment

1. Build a tower out of toothpicks and marshmallows to receive your clue.  The tower must be at least 12 inches tall and stand on it’s own long enough to be measured. 
2. Pick a member of your team to drink the zombie vomit (you’ll find it in the fridge).  After he/she has finished the concoction you will be given your next clue. (recipe at the end of this post)
3. Have four members of your group dance to the “This is Halloween” song on Just Dance.  You need to get a combined score of at least 30,000 points to receive your next clue that will direct you to the next pit stop (if you don’t get it in 3 tries, move on).

Pit Stop #2:  Bridgerland Apartments

1. Trick-or-treat!  Go door to door and find someone that is willing to give you a piece of candy.  Once you get the piece of candy you will receive your next clue.  Don’t eat the candy!
2. Reverse trick-or-treat.  Go to a different apartment and give the piece of candy you just received from your previous task to the person that answers the door.
3. Walk along the canal behind Bridgerland apartments and retrieve the floating milk jug from the water.  Inside the jug you will find your next clue that will direct you to the next pit stop.  Please put the lid on the jug and put it back where you found it.

Pit Stop #3:  On Campus

1. Have every member of your group take a picture with a different statue on campus.
2. Find someone dressed up as a super hero and have them pose with your group in a picture.  (this person can’t be someone from our party)
3. Find a random stranger who will let you wrap them up as a mummy.  After using the entire roll of toilet paper provided, take a picture with him/her.

Pit Stop #4:  Walmart

1. Have a member of your group do some dance moves behind an unsuspecting shopper.  Record it with your camera/phone.
2. Team sings "My bologna has a first name..." song while holding a package of bologna.  Record it with your camera/phone.
3. Get a picture or video of everyone in your group staging a battle scene. (Think Nerf)

Final Destination:  Local Park

Race to the finish!  I am hidden somewhere in this park.  The first group to find me will win the race and claim the prize.  Your entire group has to be present in order for you to secure your place.  Good luck!

Zombie vomit recipe:  Mix together one can of split pea soup (mine was split pea with ham), one can of creamed corn, and some mandarin oranges chunks - serve it cold.  Top it off with some lightly beaten egg whites to make it look like there's frothy spit on top. 

Like I said, we had a lot of fun and we got some great stories out of it.  I think my personal favorite task was the dance moves behind an unsuspecting shopper.  And yes, I did get this idea from Ellen's dance dare :)  Good luck with your race, and feel free to comment and contribute some ideas!

October

Like I said in my last post, I haven't been keeping my blog up very well. Luckily I have an awesome roommate who takes pictures and posted a blog about them so she did all the hard work! I can just tell you to go to her page and you can read about it there :)

One thing Callie didn't post about though... our moo moos!!! Alayna came up to visit last weekend before my Halloween party and when we went to Walmart we found the most amazing moo moos you have ever seen! They're covered in Mickey and Minnie Mouses (mice?) and are probably the most hideous things you've ever seen, but seriously I never want to take it off! It's like sleeping in a cloud. Sure, it makes me look like I'm 70 but I don't care! I'm wearing this moo moo every night for the rest of my life!

HARRY POTTER!

It's been a loooooong time since I last posted and a lot has happened, but if I tried to post about everything that's happened in my life since June I might go a little crazy. So here's one of the highlights of my summer: Harry Potter 7 part 2 :) You might remember my Twilight shirts. I did the same thing but with Harry Potter pictures for the midnight premiere of Harry Potter part 7.2. Since we saw the first part of Harry Potter together last year, me, Alayna, Callie, Tammy, Dani, and Cheylie made a pact that we would see the second part together.

Here's a picture of the first part of Harry Potter. And yes, we saw Hagrid. The real one? Possibly.

So on the night that the second part of Harry Potter came out we all met down at the gateway and watched it together complete with shirts :) Here's the final product:

Tammy with her boyfriend Rick:

Becky (my personal favorite):

Dani with her boyfriend Tony

Cheylie:

Alayna:

Callie:

Me:

Best. Night. Ever! I had so much fun and the shirts were definitely worth it, even though they were a big pain in the butt. Needless to say, I think these may be the last sets of shirts that I'm going to make for a while. Who knows though, Hunger Games is coming up! Maybe I'll just have to make a shirt just for myself ;)

Weeds, The Zoo, and One Broken Ankle

I keep coming to my blog and I always see the USU Survey as my last post and it's really bugging me so I guess it's time to post something new :)

Well, school's out for the summer and so far it's been pretty good. Mostly I've been working but Allison reads my blog so I don't want to bash that too much :) Ha ha just kidding, no my job is great. It's hard, but it's good for me. I've graduated to mowing lawns this year so I get to ride the mowers and all that fun stuff. Plus, I'm just trying to make as much money as possible this summer so I don't have to work while I'm going to school. We'll see if I make it...

My birthday was a couple of weeks ago and we went to the Zoo! Funnest day ever :) I love the Zoo. It's sad to see all the poor pathetic animals stuck behind bars, but for some reason it fascinates me to watch them. It was really nice to be able to spend some time with the family too.

Well I'm going to have to make this post short cause we're going to go see Source Code, but I just wanted to say a little bit about my mom's broken ankle. She broke it on a hike about 2 weeks ago. If you want to read about how it happened and all the little details you can read about it on my dad's blog. She even made it in the paper! So now I can say that my mom's famous :) She's doing really well now, other than the fact that sitting around is pretty much driving her crazy (and I'll admit, taking care of her and running all of her errands is kinda driving me crazy too).

So that's a short little update about what's been happening with me these past couple of months!

My USU Survey

I had to make a survey for one of my classes, so if you are currently or were recently a USU student, please fill this out :) Thanks!

Late Merry Christmas

I haven't made a post since Halloween... oops. Maybe that'll be my New Year's resolution. Post more. Yeah that's probably not gonna happen but we can dream right?

Christmas was AMAZING. Definitely lived up to the challenge of being my favorite holiday. It's been full of family, friends, snow (not enough to go sledding though, sadly), parties, decorations, presents, egg nog, giving, and everything else that makes Christmas the best holiday of the year. It's been so nice to be home and just lounge around all day, never getting out of my pajamas. I will admit though, I think I'm going a little crazy. Now that my break's coming to a close, I'm starting to feel excited to head back up to Logan and see all of my roommates and friends. I'm not too excited about the whole learning part of school, but I'm ready for the social part again :)

Here are some highlights of my break:

• Karaoke Night
• Christmas Parties
• Christmas Eve
• CHRISTMAS DAY!
• Playing games with the fam
• Movies
• New Years Eve
• Sleeping in till 1:00 every day
• Reading the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series again
• Wii Parties
• Helping Heather and Brian finish their basement (ok so this wasn't exactly fun but it's nice now that it's done cause now I can bug them and go watch their huge TV with surround sound. Oh yeah :)
• Eating crap till I'm about to burst
• Seeing all of my old high school friends again
• Snuggling with Ty
• No school for 3 weeks!!

Blah blah blah. So those were just a few of the highlights that I can think of right now. Unfortunately I didn't really take any pictures, but I did take some videos with my new flip that I got from Santa. This video is of my cousin's son Davion that I thought was super cute so I put it on here.