Games, Giggles and Good Grub!

Tonight 15 of the 21 CCWers plus some family members got together at the Russell house to get to know each other a little bit better before we are forced to sleep, eat and work together for an entire week! As is always the case when any CCWers gather, there was no shortage of good food to go around. We had cherry cheesecake, rise 'n roll doughnuts, potato chips, cheese wiz, orange slices, chocolate covered coffee beans, monster cookie dough dip, chips and salsa, pretzels, animal crackers, and the obligatory veggie tray - you know, to balance things out. (Thank you Jackie for keeping us healthy!)

We had a group playing the game Dutch Blitz. Don't be fooled by the picture and think it is a nice friendly card game. It is fast paced and wild - and let's just say there was a lot of noise coming from that corner of the living room. We have to give the Dutch Blitz crown to Chris Russell tonight since he won both of the games they played!




There was also a table of euchre for those that weren't quite up to the cut throat, fast paced gaming action of Dutch Blitz. I'm not sure who won this game but don't you just love the way the light reflects off of Josh's head? Looking good!

For the non-card players there was a game of "Bubble Talk" going. There was no shortage of laughter from that table. "Bubble Talk" is played the same way that "Apples to Apples" is played except you have to match up goofy pictures with random sayings. You never know what you are going to get each round of that game! And, unfortunately, I have to report that Ben Haviland won both rounds of that game.

If we learned nothing else new about each other tonight we at least can say we all know how to eat, laugh and have a good time! It is going to be such a blessing to everyone in this group to get to work along side each other next week!