Purple Fun-A-Thon

The Georgia Bid for ICYPAA held an event at Purple on Saturday; the Purple Fun-A-Thon aka Purple Field Day aka Purple Game Day, etc. It was a great success last year, so we decided to recreate the good feelings this year and we were not disappointed. Attendance was a little low because it looked like rain for the first half of the day. It only sprinkled a little bit and then cleared off completely by 2:00 so all that did show up were very happy.


The whole afternoon was reminiscent of days as a youngster when we all looked forward to field day at school; a break from the mundane day to day tasks, an opportunity to breathe new life into our tired little minds. And this modern day field day for "grown-ups" was no exception. Any game you could think of that involved a ball was going on: volleyball, kickball, softball, football, even croquet. To top it off, an industrial size slip and slide was constructed and broken in by one of the not-at-all-concerned-by-the-chilly-morning attendees. And what day outside playing games with friends would be complete without grilled hotdogs, hamburgers, plenty of potato chips, and way too many different kinds of desserts?


At one point, there was a little more excitement than I had planned on, when my dog, Wyatt, decided to run into the road. Thankfully, one of the guys was right there and didn't hesitate to run after him! Frogger reinvented!



All in all, it was a great day and I think it was a much needed break for the guys.








The doggy hero of the day!