Kratz/Miller Awesome Bonanza Palooza Day, Yo!

"Kratz/Miller Awesome Bonanza Palooza Day, Yo!" is the name of the event that my staff planned for Saturday, September 13th. We planned a slip-n-slide on the lawn during the afternoon with popsicles followed by a game of Walk-a-Mile to the college cabin where we'd have a BBQ with live music. Such great plans...unfortunately we didn't think of rain plans when we scheduled it!

I started getting worried looks on Friday afternoon as it had been drizzling most of the day. Around midnight I started getting emails asking if the event was still on. I kept holding out hope that a burst of sunny weather would break through, so I didn't respond. When my alarm went off on Saturday AM and I heard the rain pounding on my roof I knew I had to come up with a rain plan.

After consulting with some of my RAs, I sent out a dormwide email saying that the slip-n-slide was cancelled, the walk-a-mile game was a go - pending any last minute weather related deterrence, and that the BBQ was on rain or shine!

The event ended up being a blast despite the missed slip-n-slide opportunity! We had a little over 100 people end up at the cabin for our BBQ - some playing walk-a-mile to get there and others driving or riding their bikes. My staff worked so well together! And really did an awesome job making sure details got done AND making sure they mingled & had fun too!

RAs hard at work setting up chairs!

Jon cooking up the burgers.

Jenna and Kelly sharing the hot dog & veggie burger duty.

Jules & Ash looking beautiful as usual!

Here comes the walk-a-mile group!

The food line.

Live music with Scott.

More live music with M1 and friends.

The crowd enjoys the music.