Monday, April 12, 2010

Easter Scavenger Hunt!

Quite a few years ago, Tara married my brother-in-law Matt. His mom invited all us kids out for an Easter Scavenger hunt. We all loved it so much that we adopted the tradition, when we are together for Easter. This first pictures it all the loot before they got placed in the designated hunt location.
This was the gang just before I read the first clue to get everyone started.
First clue was:
1- _____1_____, shoulders, knees and toes

When the lawn gets thirsty
and you open this ______2______
You can make water flow
At any chosen rate
_____1_____ _____2_____
Answer: Head gate
Cody had the next clue on his bag, so he read
2- For a good time
Kids like to play
Out back on this set
All the live long day
Answer: Swing set
Jaycee had the next clue and we made the bags with the clues hidden better then the other bags. The other bags were all sitting on top of the slide, but Jaycee's wasn't so easily found. This picture was the first time she looked under the swing for the clue.......
Here is the second time she felt under the swing for the clue.....
And third times a charm because she FINALLY felt well enough to find it.
3- "Nurn nurn" Chris would say
When he was just three
As for Aunt Kelly
She'd just say "WEEEEE"
Answer: Motorcycle
All of the bags were hidden in the saddle bags except for Britnee's.
The next clue was on Britnee's bag and she finally found where we'd hidden it.
4- Hanburgers, hot dogs,
Steak, checken, pork
You check if they're done
With a knife and fork
Answer: Bar-B-Que
All the bags were hidden in the main cooking section except Brooklyn's.
Luckily Bart helped us hide all the bags so he helped her find it.
5- Bills, bills, bills
Seems like all we get
But if the red flag's up
Helps us stay out of debt
Answer: Mail box
There really wasn't any special place to hide the clue bag. We'd put it on Jaycee's bag, but had Tara read it.
6- If you ate this
You'd say "oh, yuck"
But it's eaten greedily
By Scoop, Annie, and Duck
Answer: Hay
(Scoop, Annie, and Duck are my mom's and Tara's horses)
All the sacks were hidden deep in the wholes of the hay, but the clue ended up on Peyton's bag. Ben didn't want to read it so I did.
7-Ben's new favorite lawn toy
resides in here
Protected day and night
With the guard dogs so near
They were hidden very well and it took the kids a while to find them, but Britnee caught on to where I was sitting ready to take pictures and went from there.
All in all, we had a great weekend. Much family was missed and more memories could have been made, but we had the fun we could.
This was the whole crew(minus Ben for work and mom for taking the picture) that came for the weekend.
Every space for beds were used up and thank heavens for paper plates and plastic cups, but it was a super fun weekend and we enjoyed remembering the Savior and spending time together.

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