Paintball 2007

On Sunday, Oct. 7 we assembled the troops at Waterbrooke to head out to play paintball. It's very important to start out with prayer for protection from injury in the woods. This is Bruce, one of our youth leaders at the church before we loaded up the cars to head to Special Forces in Buffalo. Once we arrive at the paintball field, we load up in an old army truck to drive out to the woods where we get our army issue paintball guns and helmets.
Here are a couple of the girls getting ready to make their mark on the paintball field. We are given instructions, divided into teams, and sent off into the woods to play a game of "Capture the Flag" with a twist - if you get shot with a paintball, you are out for the rest of that game. Each game lasts about 15 minutes.
Here you see the bunker I was hiding in to help protect our team's red flag out by the rocket silo. Paul was in a nearby bunker. Some guys from the other team snuck up from behind and nailed me! I still have a bruise on my leg from being "shot!" And here I thought hiding in the bunker wasa safe bet.
Here we are out in the "safe zone" after getting out. They have lots of old army things sitting around. The kids have a great time. It was really hot last Sunday - 85 degrees, but I wore an extra army jacket they have there, just to be extra padded in case of paintballs hitting from close range!
You really have a new appreciation of the men and boys who are fighting for our country after a day of simple paintball. Plus, we talk to the kids about the spiritual war they are in every day.
It makes us very aware of the necessity for putting on the armor of God!

What's next for the Casey's? Stay tuned....

Golf Mania

It's official! The first annual CBCH Open Family Golf Tournament has come and gone. It really was a family affair - Corey came up with the idea, Jane and Chuck hosted the event, Joyce and Paul provided the traveling trophy - a miniature golf bag that doubles as a remote for the TV - and everyone else brought food, of course. Here's the gang at the par three course in Cannon Falls. A little rain didn't stop us! Infact, it was a blessing in disguise. Nobody else was out on the course on such a dreary day, so we could all golf together and take as much time as we wanted without holding anybody up. Good thing we played best ball or we might still be there!
Hey Jane - I got the picture of Chuck's umbrella inside out, but I was in such a hurry to click it before he fixed the problem that I forgot to zoom in on the situation. Oh well, it really was funny.
We had another problem with soggy greens and slow moving inhabitants who didn't care to move out of the way of our putts! Paul hit one drive that almost completely buried itself. If you want to see more pictures and tales of the links - check out Jane's blog at the Bracken Bunch. Of course, no family gathering is complete now without a picture of one of the little dudes. This one is Maddox, Corey and Heidi's soon to be one year old. He is definitely NOT camera shy, and loves to show off all his new skills. Go to Corey and Heidi's blog for lots of fun shots of Maddox's latest accomplishments. Jane also has a link to Katie and Phebe's blog from Florida. I haven't figured out how to add that one to my list of blogs yet, since Jenna was the one who put them all on here.
We missed Ted, Angie and Matthew as well as Tom, Kim, Katie and Griffin. Hopefully we can plan next year's extraveganza on a date when the whole bunch can tee off! We had a great time in spite of all the divots and whiffed shots. By the time we got to the 8th hole, we were actually starting to look pretty decent, if it wasn't for those darn worms!