GB Getaway- so legit you have to admit

Grand Bethel had their getaway the first weekend of October at the DeMolay Chateau in Bloomington. We had a pretty good turnout with about 25 people total. Exec went on Friday night. Saturday everyone joined us for lunch. It was rainy outside and we were worried the weather wouldn't clear up. Right after we ate, we traversed to the covered basketball court at the back of the Chateau grounds. We continued our annual dodgeball competition.
We played girls against adults for awhile but as that was one-sided (and I say that because my team kept winning and winning, we switched teams up. It was pretty awesome, I'm not going to lie. Then we got out the sidewalk chalk and played four square. It was shocking how few people had played four square as children. So we relived our childhood then played some outside games. As our theme was Christmas, we played some Holiday games. One of the games was like hot potato but with a Christmas package. Whenever the music stopped, whoever was holding the package had to unwrap one layer then act out the task that was written in that layer. If you completed the task you got the present that was with the task.

We also learned some awesome moves from Darren's Dance Grooves. I hope all the attendees from getaway will be practicing the dance for Corn Ball and Shrine Youth. We still have a little work for Bye Bye Bye. We made Hobo meals for dinner (each person makes their own meal out of potatoes, meat, corn, green beans, mushrooms, etc.). They were really good and filling. We watched the House Bunny that night and went to bed. The next morning we had breakfast together then tore down and went home. I hope everyone had a great time, I know I did.


After getaway I got to spend a couple of days in Bloomington, catching up on my favorite restaurants...and catching up with friends. It was a nice birthday present to myself.