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10.20.2008

..amazing.race..

after about a month of planning with kim and tanner and darren and annie, we pulled off our halloween hunt, amazing race style. we remained anonymous and sent out all info. via an email account from Jack Ripper. in the end we had 4 different teams with 4 couples to each team. we had 4 different pitstops to go to and perform a task. the first pitstop:

ferrari farms pumpkin patch. search the pumpkins and find the one with your team name, split it open and retrieve the next clue.
(don't ask why we just didn't throw it on the ground to split it open!) next stop: scheels(a 300,000 sq. ft. sporting goods store). search for one of the 14 statues of past presidents for the next clue. Calvin Coolidge was the pres. we had to find. (we were thrilled to have pedro and napoleon on our team...costumes were optional:) from there we went to fox's pizza where 2 people had to eat one slice of flamming hot pizza! way to step up to the plate shawn and dave!! from there we got our next clue to the coconut bowl. 2 people had to bowl a 60 to get the next clue. matt and i did the bowling, unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of that...i got my first strike:) yeah for me!
our last pitstop was the "ultimate rush" swing at the GSR. it's a 180' tall swing that you free fall from. always wanted to do it, but was too afraid, until sat. night. for some reason our camera didn't take very good pics. of the "fall" but here i am suiting up. i went on it with my good friend Shawn(in above pic. eating pizza). i had to pull the rip cord and once we got to the top, i froze and couldn't pull it. it is sooo dang high:) after a few moments of some deep breaths...away we went! my eyes were closed the entire time:) glad i did it, but i will never to it again!
another pic. of our group...the yummy mummies
the whole gang! after the swing we all went and had dessert at claim jumpers.

we had soo much fun! thanks everyone for some great memories! next year we will have to step it up...

9 comments:

Jan T. said...

That sounds (and looks) beyond fun! What a great idea! So much better then the "dinner & a movie" thing we all do!:)

Kelly said...

Thanks for a fun Night Jack Ripper! I still can't believe you went on the swing, you are a dare devil!

Reno 411 said...

Sounds like a blast.

Penny said...

Looks like it was so much fun! I want to come next year when we are back!

laurice. said...

What a great idea....looks like a hit!

Sheri Willardson said...

You guys did an awesome job planning-Thanks, again. Can't wait for Halloween Hunt 2009!

PS-you were very brave to go first on the ultimate rush. I only did it because you survived. :)

Me... said...

Allison!!! You still look like you're 18! You cute, skinny, young-lookin' momma! How fun to see you again. Your adventure sounds so fun. I've done that "swing" before too and I literally about peed my pants when I had to pull the chord and let it drop!

Elder Romney's mission said...

What a fun night out! Where was your costume!

Findlay Family said...

Looks like lots of fun! We can't believe how big your kids are getting! Amazing what a couple of years will do. If you get a chance while you're in UT for Thanksgiving, give us a call!