What a STUPENDOUS day it was this past Saturday!

The weatherman was predicting gloom and rain for the date of our event, but it turned out to be a perfect day for our summer mixer - not too hot, not too cold, and exactly the right amount of San Diego sun.  It was a lot of fun getting to know each other and our friends and family outside of our regular Thursday networking meetings.

Exceptional Eating

Thank you to everybody that brought a dish for the picnic - the pasta, coleslaw, chili, salad, and everything else was delicious.  Our menu's 'taste sensation' was Shane's TREMENDOUS ribs and pulled pork sandwiches.   Thanks for filling our bellies, Shane!  My son, Ryan, really enjoyed those toffee/caramel cookies too.

Are you game?

Ana Meyers (and her husband, Ben) put aside her 'bookkeeper' role for a couple of hours and was our 'Game Master'.   The kids had a bunch of fun (with a bunch of great prizes) with the plethora of games she had lined up for them: Relay Races, Lawn Darts, and the always exciting water balloon toss.  Sue contributed the perfect game to follow the water balloon toss - the popped-water-balloon-scrap-pickup contest.

We also had an adult water balloon contest too.  Is there any correlation in water-balloon tossing skill and youth?  Erin Fong and Chris Wilson were the dynamic duo that stayed dry the longest.  Congrats! 

Fierce Competition

Between Rock-Paper-Scissors, Coin-Toss, and thumb wrestling, I think the thumb wrestling provided the most spectator-entertainment-value.  If you check out the pictures, you can catch a couple of snapshots of Mikel in his campaign to win the iPod Shuffle, the prize for our game.  Mikel's domineering thumb, luck with the coin toss, and winning rock-paper-scissors game play catapulted him into first place and won the grand prize. 

Thank You!

Special kudos goes out to:

• Karen Gibson for planning our Summer Mixer
• Robin Stewart (Rob's assistant) for being photographer-for-a-day