Couple Connection 2013

 We throw a lot of parties, but this is by far, my favorite.  It's probably one of my favorite nights of the year!

I usual don't end up with many party photos, but this year my friend Hatsuho brought her camera and captured the night.  Thank you!!  Ty and I laughed so hard looking back at the photos.  All photo credit goes to her and Jenny, who took photos while Hatsuho was playing.

Round 1 -- The Couple Connection:

Round 2 -- The Lightning Round

I think the top middle is my fave.  You can just hear Brett making a guess that is obviously wrong by Jenny's face.  Classic.

Then we paused for dessert.  Lemon cupcakes with fresh strawberry frosting, salted PB hearts, and the highlight of the night, gourmet s'mores shipped in for the occasion from Haypenny Confections (Ty's brothers company).

To. Die. For.

Here is the score board leading up to the "Final Connection".

The questions for the first two rounds change every year, but the format stays the same.  For the final connection, however,  we always come up with something new.  This year we wanted to see how well the top couples could work as a team.

Each couple had to link arms sitting back to back on the coffee table.  They had to stand up, walk to the kitchen table, and pick up an orange without using hands.  Then they had to drop the orange in a bucket back on the coffee table.  Then the other spouse had to pick up and orange and do the same.  The couples were timed -- fastest time wins.  We made the second couple go down to the basement so they wouldn't know what their challenge would be.  

Russells vs. Wildes

Game on.

   

And the winner was --

The Wildes!!

BY 0.2 SECONDS!!!  What!?

A seriously fun night.  Here are a few photos from my phone:

 My one regret is we didn't get everyone's "photo booth pic". I think we got all but one couple.  Shoot.

 I love this guy!

And you know what else I love...

s'mores.  

I may have hidden the last one so I could have it for breakfast the next day...