Monday, September 17, 2012

Dad sh'hangs at the Sh'Bang!

So Sh'Bang this year was awesome. Not only were there amazing things going on (I'll share about that soon), there were so many amazing people! Like my dad! He came up Friday and stayed until Sunday.  He brought giant loaf of zucchini bread made from mom (thanks Mom!), and all the comforts of home... or maybe home comfort foods... here's him cookn' up some yummy pancakes and sausage!
He took a few volunteer shifts (in the kitchen, at the gates, helped with random wood-finding and thing-moving activities), helped man our lemonade booth (which was a last minute effort to have family-friendly beverages available for people, which proved mostly unsuccessful [through no fault of his own] but definitely inspired ideas for next year), brought some of his own chopped wood as a donation to the quarry, and also partook in the Sh'Bang wood chopping workshop!
Another super awesome part of the Sh'Bang this year was the newly installed fiberglass water slide! With the cooperative efforts of Miles, Dave, Stefan, Wren, Aaron, Max and a slew of volunteer slidees... it was found, purchased, installed and tested! Last years was a bit of carpet, wood and visqueen with a 10 ft drop... it worked, but somehow this one felt a bit, um, safer. That's Wren pouring the bucket of water down before dad makes his big splash!
I must say, I sure love my dad (and mom too!).  And how lucky I feel when he comes out to celebrate with me at the events and places that I also love so much! Thanks Dad!