All Saint's Day...

So we decided to have an All Saint's Day party this year...

Some good friends down the road graciously contributed the games and came over early in the week to help set up...

 The guests attending were (top row, left to right) St. (Dr.) Moscotti, St. Isadore the Farmer, St. Charles of Austria, St. Hedwig of Sweden, St. Prudentia, St. Edith Stein, (bottom row, left to right) St. Joan of Arc, St. Edward, St. George, St. Edith, and St. Ia of Ireland.

Some of the games included "Rock of Peter" (or "Musical Chairs)...

St. Isadore was the DJ...

It ended with a show-down between the British king and the Irish peasant maiden...

...with the peasant maiden as the victor!!!

Next was the "Works of Mercy Relay Race"...

And the "St. John Bosco Relay Race"...

...which the girl's team won =)...

Afterwards was the "St. Anthony's Cake-Walk"...

..."Dunk the Devil"...

..."St, Kateri's Pumpkin Bowling"...

..."St. Patrick's Snake Toss"...

..."St. Isadore's Pig Roll"...

...and "St. Damien's Aqueduct Race".

When we had won all the prizes and finished all the games, the boys built a campfire and we all sat around eating chili, white bean soup, salad, potato chips, sour cream dip, chocolate and gummi worms.  After dark we all grabbed quilts and coats and piled onto our trailer for a "hay ride minus the hay" to a neighbor's field, where we all sang every song we could think of (from "Under the Sea" to "Ave Maria" to "Whiskey In The Jar" to "Misty Mountain") at the top of our lungs.  Hot Apple Cider was waiting for us when we got home, and by the time everyone was ready to leave we had decided that we were going to have to do this again during Christmastime.  Everyone had lots of fun... and we were all thanking God for Daylight Savings Time at Mass the next morning. That extra hour of sleep was just what we all needed...