Amanda did a great job as caller...
Shane is hiding, as usual...
Some of the fabulous prizes... (yes, that is a block of pepper jack cheese on blue ice)
When the numbers were called too slowly, there was time for smartee art...We had BINGO for FHE and it was a hotly contested evening. First, the extra BINGO cards were gathered up, so there was no changing cards mid-game. The type of BINGO needed to win each round was set. (Regular, intersecting, box, blackout, etc.) The prizes were set up (some people hid their favorites under other prizes!). The snacks were laid out (artfully, I might add). The prayer was said - and then we were off! The first round was won and a favorite prize was picked (yes, it was the 'hidden' prize, much to someone else's dismay!). Between each round, we broke for 'snacks', until we were so full, that, by the end, we couldn't eat another bite, except when Stacy won the cannister of chocolate covered almonds, we all, somehow, made a little room for one of those. The evening ended with pretty much a "smartee" fight. (That's what we were using for markers). We forgot the closing prayer and some people stomped off after not winning a single prize, others went home with multiple prizes - we may not play BINGO for a while - I thought that when they were all grown up - no more fighting - who knew?
