Hometown Treasure Hunt – one responsible driver per group, clues take teams to locations important to your son’s life
Amazing Race – similar to the treasure hunt but to landmarks in your area
Tailgate party – grilling from the bed of a truck, parking lot football, coolers full of soda
Camping / Hiking trip
Pool Party/ Beach party & cookout
Racing theme with a trip to the GoKarts
World’s Most Interesting Teenager – make the meme your own
Redneck / Manly Man games – log throws, target practice, crushing soda cans
Dapper Dan – dress nice, fancy dinner, moustache photo props, (provide tips to fine dining)
Movie Marathon – all night viewing of LOTR, Star Wars series, etc.
Spy Games – strategy games in teams
Bonfire night
Ski trip / Snow party & hot beverages at the lodge
My son’s Golden Birthday (19 on the 19th) — Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket theme. Golden tickets gave clues to places around town. Winning team got most creative pix at each location.
Burning a hole in the brand new carpet in the church basement with a hot glue gun
Sponsoring youth group overnighters & Lust-Busting during Hide & Seek
Ladies Retreats
That night Meghan was in the hospital and the kid I had at her house split his head open and I showed up at the emergency room with the teenager’s blood all over me and then hung out in Meghan’s room and switched shoes with Wendy so she could wear my sports sandals with her work clothes and then I caught a ride back to church and showed up in bloody clothes and high heels
“Are these in the way?”
Chasing the dog hair
Producing super awesome Christmas programs
The year we got headphone walkie-talkies to keep in contact during the Christmas program
Her stint as “crowd member who sees Jesus!” from the church balcony
Huddled whispers between the BFFs
Ignoring our children at the restaurant until someone got in trouble
Pinata!
The Never Mountain van
The way she threw her head back and clapped her hands together and laughed so hard she cried
The day she told me
The hat party she hated (sorry if you helped plan it)
The lack of hair, eyebrows, toenails, skin on her feet
How she never ever ever gave up on living her life
Her amazing children… all 5 of them
All of her grandbabies and Dawetselbee grandbabies, most of whom she never got to meet
Her fabulous After-Party
A legacy of choosing joy despite sorrow, love through heartache, and victory over defeat
