A yearly family tradition is to build rockets and launch them. This is always a very scary thing, but those Sperry's are adventurous souls and it's what they do! Last year Katy's car got hit by one of these rockets . . . so needless to say, I am a bit paranoid. Jared almost got hit TWICE by one of the rockets this year. It about gave me a heart attack! One fun thing about this year . . .Max made himself the designated rocket fetcher. He watched those rockets, and then hunted them down like a good dog! :) As you can see, he is firmly planted in almost every picture! :) Pretty fun to watch.
Every year each family gets a day where they are in charge of all activities and meals (except for lunch). This year our family did an obstacle course/races with lots and lots of different activities. We sure had fun watching the kids compete. The oldies even jumped in and participated. In fact . . . we did very well! Since noone is on here to argue, I'd say we WON!! :)
We LOVE LOVE LOVE games! Countless hours are spent playing games . . . grownups and kids all get together to play! We love it! This year, Emily and Alex got a double family in Pinochle. If you don't play pinochle . . . You should start! It's the best. We are training a new generation of Pinochle players and as you can see, they are quite good at it! It's hard to say who will win but it's always worth trying.
Time is not wasted! We learn new skills. Wynn, Maddie, and Ella learned to hula hoop. Jenny learned how to play badminton (sorta), and Hunter learned some MAD scooter skills (jumps and all). Heidi appears to 
be practicing for the chug-a-lug.
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