First Annual Mossy Cup

I was in charge of the game this year and ever since first seeing Minute to Win It I have wanted to play it at the reunion. So I also wanted to start a tradition of sorts also. Not for the game but with the prize. I wanted to be able to have the prize be something that we would compete for every year. I wanted people to want to compete for the Mossy title every year. So I searched for just the right trophy. We found one at a shop in Portland and even engraved it for free! So here is the Mossy Cup....

We divided into 2 teams of 6, Blue and White. We played 12 rounds, and the winning team had to compete against each other for the Cup. First was Hanky Panky. In this game each player has a box of tissues. When the timer starts each player pulls out the tissues on and a time. The team that empties their box first wins. There was a little cheating from the Blue team because they were not supposed to reach in and grab out the pile of tissues. But we gave them the point because it was our youngest player and everyone was telling him to pull them out.



Next was Bobble Head. In this game each player has a pedometer strapped to their head. When the timer starts they start head banging. At the end of the minute whoever has the most steps wins. I wasted everyone on this one. First the Blue team went and only got 4 steps.

His head shaking motions were to small and quick. Next I went and got 50.

Since I won by such a large margin. I let the Blue team try again with a new strategy. Jason went and had more of a Chicken pecking motion and only got about 9 or so. You had to jerk it. Not good for the brain but so funny to watch!

So we won that round.

Next round was Junk in the Trunk. This is where you take the empty tissue box and strap it to the players backs. Then you put 8 ping pong balls inside and whoever gets all the balls out first wins. This was a close call but in the end I think that we gave it to the Blue team.


Next we played Roll With It. In this each player has 2 rolls of toilet paper on rods. Each player winds the toilet paper around their arms and whoever unrolls both their rolls first wins. Blue team won this one also.



Then came Moving on Up. Its played with each player getting 39 red cups and one different color cup. Each player must take the top cup and move it to the bottom of the stack alternating hands with each cup. the person to move their odd colored cup from the bottom up to the top and then place it back on the bottom is the winner.


This Blows was next. Each player had to blow up a balloon and use the air inside to knock 15 cups off a table. Fastest time wins. This was funny because Jason went first and got done with only having to blow the balloon about 2 times, Janessa however was a different story. Watch and see....



Elephant March was on of the funniest. Each player had 2 rows of water bottles the same distance apart. Each player had a pair of panty hose on their heads with a base ball in the end. Each player had to swing the ball using their body motion to knock over all the water bottles. There is also a line that their feet cannot cross.



Next... Sticky Situation. Each player was to toss ping pong balls across the deck making it bounce at least once and then landing on a piece of Peanut Buttered bread.



Face the Cookie was next. Each player started with a cookie on their forehead and had to use their head and face to work the cookie into their mouths.


Paper Dragon was a fun one. Each player had 2 rolls of streamers and when the timer starts you have to try and wind the streamers around your arms. First player to get them all unwound first wins. I totally won this one. Kylene wasn't even close.


Sticker Picker Upper made me nervous. I was sure that they were going to drop these eggs. Its played by placing 3 sticky side up stickers on a tray then placing the egg in the middle. When the time starts they pick up the tray with one hand and have to get all the stickers to stick on the egg. First one to do this wins.


Penny Hose was by far the funniest. So funny watching these guys try and get the pantyhose off. Its played by each player placing their hands in the hose and when the time starts they have to try and get down to the pennies in each leg and then get them out. So funny...



So the white team ended up winning. So we all competed against each other in the same challenge and the fastest player won. The game was called Nut Stacker. Its played with a chopstick and 5 nuts. Each player lifts their chopstick at the start of the game and has to stack all 5 nuts on top of one another with out toppling the stack.



Alas. I was beaten by a fraction of a second. Next year mom better watch out! I'm coming for the CUP!

Moss By MossWest 2010

So we recently had our 2nd annual Moss family reunion. This time it was in Portland Oregon.

The Moss Family

Grandma and Grandpa Moss

The Moss 6

The Grand Kids

We started off with pictures of the family and a trip to the Japanese Gardens and channeled our inner Heiwa, which is Japanese for peace. It was very pretty but would like to visit in the spring to see all the blossoms and in the fall to see all the colored leaves.

Wouldn't this be amazing to see?

Once we were done with that we went home for a BBQ back at Starlings and a late-night showing of North By Northwest.

The Portland Beach (not very "beachy")

The next morning we piled into cars to drive 1 hr to the beach but before we go there we stopped by Camp 18 for breakfast and it was awesome. So much good food for a decent price. It was fun and rustic. It was an old logging camp that they turned into a restaurant. There was a ton of logging paraphernalia and pictures all over. The kids thought that it was awesome. There was THE BEST HOT CHOCOLATE EVER! It was like the best I've ever had. So good. MMMM.... It was very much needed since it was freezing cold in there.

Little C in the Time-Out hole.

We then went to the beach where there was the coldest water ever. We rented these beach bike things and everyone had fun riding those. On the way back we stopped at a not so good seafood place where at least one person got sick from their choice. I played it safe with salmon.

The Last Day was Game Day where we played Minute to Win IT. I will do a whole post on that later. Then we headed to a local park for a Movie in the Park showing of, one of the best movies, The Princess Bride. It was kind of fun to see it with a ton of people. When the funny lines came people would laugh. When the most known lines would come everyone would say them. And when the old lady is booing so was most everyone else. So it was fun. It was late though and we had to get up early the next morning and go home. But we had a great time.

Thanks to Kylene and Brian for planning a fun reunion.

The Zip Line

We went Zip lining! It was so much fun. They only down side to this was that it was raining and when it wasn't raining it was windy. So we were wet and cold about the whole time. On the last line down we were all saying how our fingers were numb. But it was fun just the same.

Here we are getting ready.... Some of us needed more help than others!

Here we are all excited and ready to go.

This was like the "Bunny Hill" of zip lines. You were not that high off the ground and it wasn't very long so you didn't go too fast. So no one was too nervous.

This is a picture of the second line we went on. BIG jump from the Bunny Line! By this line it was raining.

This is me way back there! (If you click on the picture you might be able to actually see me) I was going so fast and I was too scared to let go to do the starfish to slow down. You have to put your arms and legs out to the sides. I could only do the legs cause I was to scared to let go. Oh and I SCREAMED the whole way down!

Here I am safely at the bottom. The rain was pelting my face on the way down. They said that I came in super fast. They were all saying that I was a speed demon. I just said, "Nope just too scared to let go!" Everyone over 200lbs was required to wear a little parachute so that they wouldn't get going too fast. After this one I was like, "I think I need a parachute" They told me that this was probably the fastest one, so I didn't end up getting one.

They made us show them the landing position every time we were hooked up to the line. Here is Mrs. Moss on her trip down line 2, doing an excellent landing position. Some people were crazy and would wait until the last second to tuck! I was always tucking early. Better early than not at all I think.

Here we all are at the top of line 3. All of us that is except for the 2 (you know who you are) that were too chicken to go.


Big J and I looking on line 2. Waiting for line 3.

First Moss Family Reunion

Well this was the first moss reunion. It was a lot of fun too! On the first day we went up to Mr. Moss' cabin in the woods and stayed over night.

While there we did a little bit of wood chopping so that we could have some fire wood.

Grandpa Boss Moss cooked us a great dinner made in dutch ovens by the camp fire. (All I need to say is that If we ever have to live without electricity I want to live wherever he is.) After dinner we sat around the campfire and made "smoles" as Little Eddy would say, and told stories. Grandpa told us the story about Carl Raff and how many many years ago he buried all his money up in those hills, then died unexpectedly. The next morning the children helped uncover the clues that good old Carl Raff left leading to his treasure!

Here they are ready to go treasure hunting. They all split the money they found of course. The rest of the morning on the second day was spent shooting guns, riding the six wheeler.

This is me after my first turn with the gun. Jeremy then felt that a gun safety lesson was in order. Here he is schooling Samurai Mom.

Here we are after our lesson. Feeling "Angel"ish.

Then quickly packing up in order to make it to the Big Mountain in time for ...... THIS!!! See next post.