Showing posts with label Mystery Night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mystery Night. Show all posts

Friday, October 17, 2008

Mystery Solved!

The winners... and look at their prize- FBI issue handcuffs



Kyle is very excited about his prize... and so is Melissa?



Holly Lee, Wendy Stevens and Andrea Dabrowski on the team who guessed way... out there.... they thought the illegal alien farm worker was having an affair with the pig farmers daughter in law so Jose killed the pigs.... motive is to get her off the farm



Andrea and Holly Jorgensen



The 'Older Husband' team (Joe Dabrowski, Mike Jorgensen, Jeff Goebel, Carl Stephens-not pictured) they would have won had they had a few hundred dollars more than the 'Young Husband' team




Jeff and Maggie Goebel(I was FCI- Forensic Crime Investigator)




The Stephens



The Hardman's



The Jorgensen's


The Dabrowski's



Our guests included:
The Dabrowskis
The Jorgensens
The Grimmers
The Shields
The Stephens
The Hardmans
Holly Lee
and of course we were there!!
It was a fun night with friends from Sierra Ranch Ward. We had a great group of people- some I've known for years, others for a few months, and a few I had never spoken to before. Our guests were the couples you see in the photos above plus Holly Lee. It was a great turnout considering there was a big ward primary practice this evening.
Most everyone brought food to share. We had plenty! We had chicken wings, dips and chips, bacon covered waterchestnuts, fruit salad, lemon cake, candy apple brownie squares, cookies, and brownie bites. Before we even played the game we visited, then introduced ourselves as Detective _________ and told where we were born and raised and an interesting fact about ourselves. We learned that most of us don't think we are that interesting... which is not at all true.... many of our spouses shared very interesting facts about us. We then started the game. We had 4 teams of 3 or 4 players. Each team got clues and money (for bribery and to use in the auction). It was fun to watch how the teams tried to get clues from one another. I was quite impressed in the end that 3 of the 4 teams had the answer- it took about an hour from beginning to end. The tie was determined by cash in hand and the 'Young Guy' group made up of:
Jordan Shields
Andrew Grimmer
Kyle Hardman
won because they managed to not spend a dime!!! They even began with only a hundred or so while other teams started with closer to $500. So they were the definate underdogs and they pulled ahead and won. Their prize???? A pair of handcuffs for each of them, of course. Here is a photo of Jenn absolutely going red and dying on Melissa Hardman's lap as she sees how happy Jordan is to get the prize.

The evening began at 6:45, we ate and visited till 7:30, an hour later we visited again until about 9. This party felt different than the others in a few ways. First of all I did not get to visit with everyone as I have been able to at other parties, but I enjoyed watching everyone interact and having fun. I also was glad that my own husband was able to participate. I know he prefers getting into the fun rather than being an observer. He had planned on helping me, but decided to join in since he didn't know the answers for the case and we had room for an extra man. The Grimmers and the Shields both showed up almost at the same time. Both couples are really nice. I think everyone was a lot of fun and getting to see a 'nonchurch' side of them is nice too.


Detective Stephens he's his teams banker....just chillin'



Visiting after the case is solved.



"Girls...look at my man... he's got his tools!"




Jenn Shields and Maggie

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Mystery Night Details



Decor: I had downloaded some TV and movie detective theme songs like:
Magnum PI, Mission Impossible, Rockford Files, Hawaii 5-0, Secret Agent Man, Chips and others

Activity: We solved the mystery of who killed Mr. Coombs prized pigs?
Food-It was a potluck dessert and appetizer bar. We had:
Bean dip with chips
Bacon covered water chestnuts
Chicken Wings
Lemon Cake
Caramel Apple Brownie Squares
Fruit Salad
Peanut Butter Cookies
Brownie Bites
Dress: Casual. I put an insert into the envelope with extra details like:
To avoid suspicion please come to ‘Swine Mystery Night’ dressed as a normal civilian-Do not come in your detective attire- you would put all our lives in danger.
Decor- There actually was none, just a clean house, and just getting that done was a lot of work.
This party though much easier in many regards had its own challenges. One of those was the date and time of the party. At the same time of the party the ward primary was having their primary program practice. So it was a greater challenge for parents to get sitters for their kids. I originally just invited a lot more couples (about 15 to be exact, and didn't require an RSVP... hoping that we could get 6-8 couples here. 8 couples rsvp'd that they'd come...then 2 of those 8 couples had to cancel because a babysitter backed out and one had a really sick child. We still had a great turnout and it was a lot of fun!!! We had 15 people.

Swine Mystery Night



I am really excited about the October Party. It is a little different in that it is not a 'dinner party.' It is an appetizer/dessert Solve a Mystery Night. We invited a random group of old and new friends from our ward to come. Also for the first time this party does not require an RSVP. We'll have a lot of chairs around for the game and the buffet set up for food. The invites were printed on cardstock and put into a 'TOP SECRET' manilla envelope.
Invitation says:


Detectives Marx:
Your expertise is requested in solving Case#00345- RC Farms Defunct Swine
This is your mission should you choose to accept it!
Report-
6:45- Friday night- October 17, 2008

Secret Headquarters- our address
A.k.a. Jeff and Maggie Goebel home

This is much too dangerous to include children, detectives come alone.

Should any team member be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions