XTO Picnic 2011

Every year XTO outdoes itself and puts on, yet, another fantastic picnic for the employees. 

Ice cream stands galore, smoothie stand, pretty extravagant face painting, caricatures, serious pencil drawings, shows, entertainment, bounce houses, foam factory, music, catered food, snacks, drinks, raffle, goody bags for the kids, bingo for the adults (with really, really awesome prizes)... you name it.  It's all free, too!

This year's theme was Carribean Getaway, so there were lots of pirates and sand. 

The kid's each received a cute pirate-themed bandana (among many other things) in their goody bags.  This bandana became Tay's shirt for the day.  It was funny how many photographers took her picture at the picnic.  She definitely got her 15 minutes of fame and loved every minute of it.

There were cannons going off all over the place!  (no cannonballs, though)

Christian quickly ran to the sandpile.

 He was determined to find the hidden treasure.

 Tay tried to keep up.

 She didn't really care too much for the sand, though.  She just loved her new accessories(bucket and shovel).

 This parrot let CK hold him like a little baby.

 Pirates were everywhere!

 Nikki and I did the zipline.

 Woo-hoo!

 I just hung there like a limp noodle.

 This guy handed CK the ball and was trying to coach him at first.  He even let him move closer a bit.  As soon as CK threw his first pitch, the guy said "Woah!  Man!".  The kid definitely has an arm.

 Cheesin'

 Chillin'

 I let them give her a tramp stamp.  HAHAHAHA!  Ryan didn't like it too much.

 She insisted on having this one, too.   :)

 CK's favorite part was the BMX/Skate show.

 So very intense...

 The guy jumped over a kid.  I would never let my kid volunteer for this!

 At the end of the show, the kids all got autographed posters of all the riders.  CK now has his hanging up on the inside of his closet door.