Exhilarating Backyard Competition
3 NOVEL GAMES FOR OUTDOOR FUN
Ladder Toss You play this game with 2–4 people split between two teams, each team with its own three-rung ladder set 15 feet apart. Teams take turns tossing their bolas (two balls connected by a nylon rope) underhanded, earning points for bolas that wrap around a rung of the opposing team’s ladder. The higher the rung your bola wraps around, the more points you get. The first team to reach 21 points wins! Jenga Giant This is the classic game of Jenga made giant ! In Jenga Giant, two players take turns pulling wood blocks from a tower standing about 5 feet tall. Over time, the blocks become crucial to the tower’s integrity, and each pull is a gravity- defying feat. If your pull causes the tower to collapse, you are out, and your opponent has to yell “Jenga!” at the top of their lungs.
While board game nights can be fun, nothing beats playing outside in this lovely weather! Lawn games have evolved past playing horseshoes in an overgrown field. What about Jenga Giant, Ladder Toss, or Flickin’ Chicken? You’ll want to try these three family-friendly games with family and friends. Here’s how to play. Flickin’ Chicken You can’t have a backyard party without a game of Flickin’ Chicken. No, this is not a menu item at a fast food restaurant — it’s a game of skill and daring played between 2–4 capable challengers. Each player chooses one of four uniquely colored Flickin’ Chickens, which they will use for the remainder of the game. In each of the nine rounds, one player throws the target disc as far as possible. Then, the goal of the game is to toss your chicken onto the target disc in the fewest number of throws possible. After the last round, the player with the lowest score is the victor.
It is that time of year again. Many of our clients have children and grandchildren graduating from high school. While this is a wonderful and exciting time as these young adults look toward their future, what many parents and grandparents don’t consider is that these children are now legally considered adults. That means that parents no longer have the right to, for example, access their child’s health care information due to HIPAA laws. But what if your child gets into an accident or has an emergency while they are off at college or on the job? If they are not able to give consent, parents often cannot even get information or talk to doctors without going through lengthy and expensive guardianship and/or conservatorship proceedings through the local probate court. Because of this, we highly recommend that anyone over the age of 18 gets a Health Care Power of Attorney and a Financial Power of Attorney. We can help young adults get these important documents in place before they head off to the next chapter of their lives. If you have someone in the family who has recently turned 18 and may still want you to help make decisions if it becomes necessary, give us a call to schedule an appointment today! Powers of Attorney for Children in College
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