THE DECATHLON

So it's about time I posted about the Decathlon. About a month and half ago, we (Ben, Kate, Devin, Kara, Me, Tyler/Pop) to do a decathlon to finally figure out who really rules the universe.
So we sat down and came up with 10 events.......
1. 4 card no peak
2. Domino's
3. Phase 10
4. Candyland
5. Croquet
6. Chutes and ladders
7. Ziltch
8. Boggle
9. Pumpkin carving
10. Bake off

Every Sunday and sometimes on a Friday or Saturday, we have all gotten together to play one or two games in our Decathlon. When Tyler wasn't here, Pop or some other random person fills in as the 6th player. Also as part of the bake off, each person has prepared one baked item that was then judged on creativity, taste and appearance. It has been pretty intense, we have all gotten a view into the competitive and sarcastic worlds of each person's game play.
Here are a few of my favorite moments......... Keep in mind, EVERYONE involved is usually pretty level headed and happy go lucky, usually.
-In Phase 10 when everyone was accusing everyone of cheating and we all had to take a breather at the end, or risk some fist fights.
-In Croquet when, having never before played, I took the cake and won the game.
-Eating Kates baked Apples.
-Eating the entire giant bowl of homemade peach ice cream Kara left us to "share".
-Carving the GIANT pumpkins that Pop grew this year. Biggest thing's I've ever seen!
-Laughing at how seriously frustrating Chutes and Ladders and Candyland can be when you really, really, really want to win!
-Listen to Kara (it's usually Ben's) made up words in Boggle.
I think the moral of the story is the person who cares about winning the least, is usually the one who always wins. Hence the reason Kara was first by such a HUGE margin, all she cared about was everyone getting along.
So THE WINNIER IS......................
KARA MARIE BRADY GAGON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the run down....
2nd- Kate
3rd- Devin
4th- Kristen
5th- Ben
6th- Tyler, Pop, and others.
The prize we decided on was that we would each chip in and buy a new game, which the winner would then get to keep, although we all would get to play it.
Yay. Here are some pictures of the foods.......






Kate's Baked Apples - she won
Kara's peach icecream and carmel waffle type cones
Devin's pastry puff custard chocolate thing.
I forgot to take pictures of my.... apple fries and m&m sugar cookie oreos
and Ben's Indian lemon ginger tea and rice pudding.
Tyler forfeited.