The turkey bowl didn't happen at Thanksgiving due to rain, so we rescheduled it for New Year's Eve Day and were greeted with a dead bird on our doorstep as Alan and Joel Straus arrived and we headed off the field where we saw Chip who posed with Henry when Nate and Adam arrived so that the game could begin

with the photographer occasionally studying the skies before some more play caused the Klockenbrinks to arrive and enter the evolving game

where we had the odd illusion that an occasional huddle might make a difference. and play continued as Matt Welsch and Jane and Lucy and Michael McKeon arrived.

These are the pictures of the evolving game

and the field

as the game continued

but uneventually turned into a blur but came clear with some action

until Lucy and Michael had to leave

and Hannah arrived with the new dog

though the game went on

until we assembled for team pictures

and then this shot of Ben and Jane as Carolyn arrived the dog changed hands and in these few final shots, we captured the spirit of the game