Amazing Race

This year Hayley and I had an idea to do something different for our office party.  We got dad's permission to put together an Amazing Race for the office employees and their spouses.  Dad gave us his full support (and his credit card) to put it together for everyone.  We set to work a few months early so that we could get every detail figured out.  We found a website that had the clue templates and the amazing race logo all made.  All we had to do was type in the clues and print them off.  It made it a lot easier than we hoped.  We assigned every team a team color and bought bandanas for each team member to wear.  We also made a bag for each team that had a map, race rules, and a disposable camera to use during the race.  One of the rules was that all the pictures on the camera had to be used before they finished the race - we wanted to have pictures of everyone during the race to see what went on.  All in all it was a lot of work, but it turned out great and so fun!  We had a fun time putting it together.  The night before the big day came and we were ready!

Everyone showed up at mom and dad's house at 8:00 am.  We had a quick breakfast and then got started.  We began with a trivia game that placed every team in order of when they would receive their next clue and leave the house.  The first team had 30 seconds head start then the next team would leave, etc.  The trivia game was fun - we gave each team a white board that they could write their answers on and then hold up.  The team closest to the answer got a point.  We had about 30 trivia questions and then had to do some tie-breaker questions at the end so that each team was placed in order when they would leave.

And then they were off!  It had just snowed about 6 inches the night before and that added to the intensity of the race.  We warned everyone to be careful and drive safely.

Rod and Bev were team Yellow.

Mom and Dad - Team Teal

Jason and Kari - Team Brown

Justin and Steph - Team White

Nate and Sarah - Team Royal

Austin and Kristina - Team Green

Lance and Terra - Team Red

Tyler and Kilee - Team Light Blue

Josh and Caleb - Team Gray.  We had them race together since Hayley and I couldn't race.  We promise, they knew nothing about the clues before the race!

Gayle and Amber - Team Pink.  Gayle's husband was working this day so she had her niece race with her.

Colt and Pat - Team Orange.  Pat's husband was out of town, so her son Colt raced with her.

Kyle and Shantel - Team Black

The last challenge was at the Daybreak Lake.  We had Garrett and Curtis stationed there to look over their challenge and give them a pass if they got it right.  Then they received their next clue.  It really started to snow again just as the teams were arriving at the Lake.  

The final Pit Stop was at back at mom and dad's house.  We marked when each team came in and placed them in order.  Then the teams each picked prizes according to their race time.  There were some great prizes including a 55" TV, $250 gift cards, spa treatments, a Cricut, dutch ovens, play tickets, etc.  Everyone ended up with a great prize and most of all I think everyone had a great time.  

Happy Amazing Race to everyone!  Hope you had a great time!