Never too old for games!

We have a wonderful group of friends and we call ourselves the Four Families which is a truly original name seeing as how we are made up of just that – four families.  Each of us has at least two children, and for all of us our oldest child is going to be a senior in high school next year.  It is an incredible group of friends and one of the amazing things is we have each been married for over fifteen years and love our spouses as much (if not more) than the days we each got married.  Since sometime in 2008 we have been rotating houses and picking fun themes for our get togethers (and the kids are always a part of the fun – although the older they get, the less often they are all with us).  We have covered all the typical dinner themes – mexican, italian, appetizer meals, homemade pizzas, everything you can imagine on the grill and even a low country boil at the beach.  This past weekend we had a Memorial Day picnic themed get together and while we were not all there it was a blast.  After dinner the adults gravitated to the trampoline and because the stars were out and it was a clear night, we ended up laying there in a circle, with our loved one at our side and chatting the night away.  We started talking about fun games we all used to play in the car growing up and before we knew it we were having our own game of “Going on a Picnic”.  In this game you take turns naming random things you would bring on a picnic and you have to follow the alphabet.  Each person in succession names everything that came before them and then adds their item.  Let’s see if I can remember how it went:  I’m going on a picnic and I’m going to bring: artichoke salad, beer, celery, doughnuts, eggplant parmesan, funnel cakes, gorgonzola pipe cakes (pretty sure Scott made this up), hi-c, ice, ju-ju fruit, kalamata olives, lemon squares, moon pies, neapolitin ice cream, oranges, papaya, quinoa, raisins, shiitake mushrooms, t-bone steak, unicorn – fried (again Scott), Vicks vapor rub, Wellington – beef, X-lax, yellow rice and Zebra!  By the time Scott and I were done duking it out for bragging rights several of the others were nearly snoring – we are getting old, but not too old for games!!