{"id":1029,"date":"2010-04-25T22:19:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T02:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2010-04-25T22:19:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T02:19:26","slug":"houseful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1029","title":{"rendered":"Houseful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most days, we&#8217;re told we have our handsful (hence, the name of our site).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Yesterday, we had a houseful!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0We braved the unknown and\u00c2\u00a0gave an open invite to the whole Jr. High at our church.\u00c2\u00a0 We wanted to give the kids a chance for one last bash with their friends before we move.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0They began\u00c2\u00a0trickling in around 1pm.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, by\u00c2\u00a02:30 or so, we had\u00c2\u00a0a crowd.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Randy did a rough count at some point, and came up with about 75.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4061\/4549259015_89dcebcc59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all gathered in the kitchen for some games.\u00c2\u00a0 We chose a few of the\u00c2\u00a0Minute to Win It games, from the tv show and made them girls vs guys.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4005\/4549258515_09403fe7f4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stack Attack<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4015\/4549896462_761836b2c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Defying Gravity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4068\/4549921020_0acac72862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hanky Panky<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4040\/4549282911_42351eaff7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paper dragon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4001\/4549283149_d0d4b3db59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Randy&#8217;s made up game&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4062\/4549897656_5f0e96762a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Junk in the trunk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4028\/4549283571_9c3b08c2db.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ping tac toe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4064\/4549259787_951d7d69bb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stick the landing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4062\/4549283243_afb92c423d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Games can be messy.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, after calculating the girls and guys times, we had a tie.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;Okay, everyone go swim!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4041\/4549923422_d8c742cb17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some went involuntarily.\u00c2\u00a0 Here, Ethan is being helped into the pool by some very kind 8th grade boys.\u00c2\u00a0 Awwww&#8230;notice brother Payton at the bottom smiling.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4006\/4549923564_6915daac23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The girls safely out of the 8th grade boys way.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4043\/4549284509_feede97222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, our pool is still a little chilly.\u00c2\u00a0 A few brave souls decided the pond behind our house was much warmer.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4003\/4549926400_904a1fc722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbey, far right.\u00c2\u00a0 Payton and Ethan swam across, too.\u00c2\u00a0 Marley is too much like her momma&#8230;either too chicken or too smart to try it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2496\/4549926528_1817c6f21f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, they aren&#8217;t wearing black socks.\u00c2\u00a0 Ewwwww&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4009\/4549308829_0f0c975a5e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mean, really.\u00c2\u00a0 Would you want to swim in this gunk??\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4021\/4549311735_0604cf780e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>it does have a practical purpose&#8230;camo.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who dunked in the pond was required to hose off \/ jump in the pool to &#8220;cleanse&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve not heard of anyone with pond sickness yet.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How about some nice pictures??<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4006\/4549283455_b5ea6133e8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lainey and Nate<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4019\/4549315139_29e5fd82f6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbey with homeschool co-op friends, Sarah, Brendan, and John<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4549259991_331dcdf2af.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ethan and Reese.\u00c2\u00a0 Or, I called them the &#8220;two guys with brown shirts and shaggy hair&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4011\/4549897790_bba76a4665.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbey posing with Lindsey and Delaney<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4018\/4549949598_f3602caae4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lisa, David, their daughter Lauren, and Kristen (her husband Gregg was also there).\u00c2\u00a0 They are also Jr. High leaders with Randy and graciously helped us supervise the crowd.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4018\/4549311357_9e37b3ce60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marley spent some the day hanging out with her friends in the front room, playing &#8220;Sing It&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4043\/4549312695_61c168667d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marley (with her blow-pop stained lips) and Jasmine have been friends for years.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4066\/4549312077_d89402d553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Funny how no one is behind us in the pool&#8230;I think they were all in the pond.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The grand finale of the party&#8230;ready, set, GO!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4020\/4549312817_da6816d3bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Girls vs. guys, of course<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4549951456_0907576d51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4029\/4549951710_0c91dc8dd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4020\/4549953018_23824ef8c4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great shot, Abbey!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4007\/4549952526_fbd4ae748a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is there anything more fun than silly string?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4024\/4549954418_9582b3830f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, ya&#8217;ll break it up!<\/p>\n<p>The party was crazy, loud, tons of fun, and&#8230;did I mention loud?\u00c2\u00a0 Three kids ended up spending the night with us.\u00c2\u00a0 Thankfully, they all woke up early enough for us to get to church on time.\u00c2\u00a0 :)\u00c2\u00a0 We were all ready for Sunday cat\u00c2\u00a0naps today!<\/p>\n<p>I know our kids will remember this party for a long time.\u00c2\u00a0 Any amount of noise and exhaustion is totally worth that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most days, we&#8217;re told we have our handsful (hence, the name of our 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