This year, in addition to the normal flying that I do in East Africa, I've also been doing some one-month gigs flying in some different locations where they really need some pilot help. Meanwhile, Joy and the older two kids were also traveling for almost a month this summer during one of the times when I was back in Uganda. When you add it all up, our family has been scattered on different continents for more than four of the past seven months. That being the case, we've tried to be very intentional about hanging out together, and having some quality family time, when we are together in one place. To that end, our son Hudson came up with the idea of having a big Family Game Day.
He planned everything out, and we were able to have our first ever all-day Family Game Day a few weeks ago. It was really great fun!
We started with the outdoor games in the morning when it was still cool, and eventually moved to indoor games later in the day. Most of the time we played each person for himself or herself, and the winner would get one point. But for some games we played teams, and each member of the winning team got a point. At the end of the day, the winner with the highest number of points, and the runner up, each got a candy bar. (They were kind enough to share with the rest of us.)
We played a LOT of games, and I didn't take pictures of them all. But here are some of them (as you can see, some took the games a lot more seriously than others):
Croquet...
Football (aka Soccer in the U.S.)...
Rollers...
Corn hole...
Knockout...
Table tennis (ping pong)...
And several indoor games...
