The Cromwell Clan: Family Scavenger Hunt........

Instead of a game night this month we did something a little different. We decided on a picture scavenger hunt. That way even the kids got to get in on the fun. It was Kristy's idea and I was all for it. We went out and picked out team colors to wear for armbands or bandanna's. She decided teams before hand. It was planned out and really fun. I think everyone was apprehensive at first but once they got rolling it was a blast. It was fun to see what each team came up with.

Meet the competitors:

Here were the rules of the game:
1. At least two members of your team must be in the picture.

2. Your team colors need to be in each picture.

3. No more than two pictures in one area-hoping to get people to go more places.

4. Be back at the house in 1 hour and 15 min and if you are late you get points taken away.

5. You must stay within certain city limits

Each team was given the following list and you had to find as many as you could in the allotted time frame.

A funky mailbox

A slug bug or fancy car

Picture with 2 animals

Ride on a dinosaur

Pose with a statute

3 out of state license plate or 3 diff UT plates

Find the name of john in the cemetery

BK crowns

Picture of you and an employee

Group shot of ugly high heels

Group shot on a bridge

A School sign

Most unusual animal

Pose with a walrus

A chair where it is deadly silent

Behind home plate

Visit a park pic of the sign

A fountain drink

This animal lives in peru…get a pic

Wise men rode on him get its pic

Find the smallest workable truck

Green house

Gazebo

Fire engine

Credit card that’s not yours

U of U flag

Stop sign group shot

Get a name tag from fast food restaurant

Pitchers mound

Group pic with balloon

Dollar bill from the SF mint

Ridleys sign

Mailbox flag has to be up

Alpine sign

Highland sign

Everyone wearing a hat

Do a \service for someone like pumping gas, loading groceries

Gym equipment

Picture with a flag

Everyone drinks out of same cup with diff straws

Adler's tree

Community helper

Construction cone

As you can see we all make quiet the list. I can't speak for the rest of the family, because I am sure each one has their own experience they had doing this photo scavenger hunt. I can tell you mine though. It was frantic, crazy, hot, fast, fun, silly, tiring, exciting, all wrapped into one. It was so fun trying to find and figure out the order in which we were going to get this whole list done in a little over an hour. It was going to be tough but I was ready for the challenge. Once every one got in the car, we were all off. It was fun getting complete strangers to help us out. Some people gave us strange looks, others we put a smile on their face. It was amazing how many people let you help them when it was for something so crazy as a scavenger hunt. I have to say some of the thing we found were pure luck. The slug bug, and getting a group shot with us all wearing hats or all at a stop sign. People just happened to be walking by at the right time.

We meet this really nice guy that let us take a picture of his Slug Bug car, and a man that could barely speak English take a picture with us at the stop sign. I wonder what he must be thinking, " What? Why do they need me to take a picture of this stop sign" What an example of lost in translation. I was on turbo speed, Kristy I think was a little worried if we were going to make it back alive, and poor Jane and Christian were along for quite the ride. It was tough having to buckle them some many times, but safety first! I think Jane and Christian, did have a good time. We couldn't seem to move fast enough the time was going by so fast. We had to really make some quick decisions on how and where we were going to go to make the most of our time.

We all made it back right at the same time. Everyone seem pretty excited about all the pictures they got. We had everyone to bring a dessert to share, so while Kristy uploaded all the pictures had refreshments. Once everything was uploaded we connected the laptop to the TV and we all got to see the pictures everyone took on the big screen instead of crouched around a small laptop. It was so great to see what everyone did, you could take things literally or not when taking pictures. It was fun to see where everyone went and in what direction. My team only ran into Dad, Layne, and Caleb. Most took a similar path except my sister and I went down to the Wal-mart area.

It seem like a great activity for everyone. A chance to be silly have a little fun and spend time with those we love most. And the overall winners of the night were The Purple Cheetah Group, Kasey, Amy, Kate, and Peyton. It was a close race everyone got about 31 and they winning team got 32. My dad had some camera issues and wished more of his teams pictures came out, we gave them credit for at least going to all the places, it wasn't an easy list. Until next time family.... We will see who wins!!! Some of the highlights of tonight pictures displayed below enjoy!

All pose together at a stop sign