9-30-06

Okay, this H2O was the last of the outside '06 ones. We started off with our normal game of Volleyball. We only had two teams and rotated players in and out. The game came down to overtime and ended with a funny play. On this play, the ball was served over and hit back and forth a few times. Then it came soaring over the net on a really high hit. As the ball came over, Samuel called for it and the whole field was silent as they watched it come down. Then, just as Samuel was about to hit it, Sam B stuck his fist out and smashed it. As the ball went flying out of play, everyone was in silent shock. Then everyone burst out laughing at Samuel's surprised look. With that play, the game ended and we went on to divide up into teams for Whiffleball, still laughing.

The captains for the night were James, Sam B, Zach, and Amos. The first two captains to face off in Whiffleball were Zach and Amos. The game ended 4/1 with Zach's team winning.

Then James' and Sam B's teams went at it. It this game James' team won. So James' and Zach's teams played a championship game. The game ended with Zach's team on top. Boy, was Zach excited!

After Whiffleball was over, we played H2O's official outside game. Frisbee!

The teams were the same as before with Sam B and Amos starting off the tournament. When the game reached its fifteen minute time limit it was at a tie. So the captain's flipped the frisbee for possession and then played sudden death. The game drug on for several minutes with each team playing its best to win. In the end Sam B's team came out with the victory and so Zach and James took the field to see who would play him. It was a close game with each team leading at different times, but when the fifteen minutes was up, James' team held the lead. This set the stage for the championship game with James and Sam B opposing each other. After a five minute break (for James' team since they had to play back to back), the game started. As the game proceeded a funny thing happened. Samuel and Galen (neither of whom were playing) chose opposite teams and made a bet on who would win. Galen was for Sam B's team and Samuel was for James' team. Their bet was whoever's team won he got to drill the other one three times with the Whiffleball. (Mrs. H2O was not aware of this development, or she would have put a stop to the betting end of things, she was diligently making dinner for all of us! We may starve next time due to this confession.) So, with this bet they started to yelled and scream and jump up and down and cheer and generally make as much noise as possible. This not only got the two team's worked up but also the rest of the spectators. The game meantime was really close. First one team would be leading, then the other would take the lead. When the fifteen minutes were up, it was at a tie. This meant playing sudden death. Instead of flipping the frisbee for possession, however, Chip had the teams line up at opposite endzones with thier backs to the field. Then he took the frisbee to the middle of the field, threw it as high in the air as he could, and yelled go. After that it was whoever could get to the frisbee first, their team got it and the game immediately started. In the race for the frisbee Josiah got it for James' team and within seconds threw it to Aaron in the endzone to win the game. This win for James' team had everyone super excited... except Galen. He got drilled three times with a Whiffleball. Still, everyone had fun and by then it was dinner time.

Everyone washed and ate dinner and then, with hot chocolate and jackets, (it was getting cold) went down to the fire for praise and worship with prayer time. Morgan and Owen shared about their trip to Slovakia. Then we had prayer time and ended with singing. But, after singing was over, everyone stuck around for a while. Some of them threw the light-up frisbee around while everyone else stood and talked. Then, one by one people started to leave. Finally, even the die-hards all had to go.

I think that's about it for now, and sorry it took so long to get this post out,
Shield Maiden