Extravaganza!!

Oh the fun that is EXTRAVAGANZA!!!!
Every year for the past at least 6 years (I'm not sure, none of us can remember), we have had a 4th of July Extravaganza.  It started out as just a cookout with the boys firing off fireworks at night.  Really, it was a chance for Matt to be a pyro for the evening!
It has evolved...
This year
EXTRAVAGANZA '10
was the best so far!
We had a shooting tournament.
It was super fun, if you ask me!
Tara Jo took better pictures...I don't know where my camera was.  Not in my hand I guess!  I was slacking running the tournament!
We had 4 flights of 8 shooters with both iron and scoped sights.
Here are some pics from one flight...
Krista's first time with a gun...I think she liked it!  I wish we could have talked Kari and Mary into shooting!  (but I am glad Kari helped me score!!  Thanks!!)
Mark and Stan being twins...
Congratulations to our winners!!
~~Iron Sights ~~Women~~
1st Place~Mandy
2nd Place~Shelly
3rd Place~Judy
Low Master~Jo Ann

~~Iron Sights~~ Men~~
1st Place~Stan
2nd Place~Mark
3rd Place~Lynn

~~Scoped~~
1st Place (Men) Mark
2nd Place (Women) Bonnie
3rd Place~Stan
Low Master~Jo Ann

And that, sadly, are all the pictures I have of EXTRAVAGANZA!  Darn...I suck!

Anyway, a few other highlights from the super fun day...
The kids all playing together without fighting...pure bliss!
Swimming
Sliding
Water Balloons
Snow Cones
FOOD, FOOD, and more FOOD!
Fireworks
Poppers
A clothed Mae! (hehe)
Sand Castles
Jo Ann shooting
Tara running away!
Krista shooting at the wrong target...like I said, it was her first time!
Family
Friends
BUG SPRAY
Sunburns
Twinkle lights in the trees
Red, White and Blue
Did I mention food?

Thanks everyone for coming and making it the best EXTRAVAGANZA ever.
Stay tuned for next year...bigger and better!
Though I really am not sure how to top this year!

Comments

  1. The Burgess FamilyJuly 7, 2010 at 8:33 PM

    Tara running away?

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  2. ShellyJuly 8, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    Matt said Jo Ann was next to you and started to swing around toward you with her gun and you started to take off running!

    ReplyDelete
  3. The Burgess FamilyJuly 8, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Oh yeah...thought she was gonna shoot! ; )

    ReplyDelete

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