"Funo" (fun-uno)

So I have to share this story because I'm pretty sure it will be one of my favorites from TLP.
Last Tuesday the staff took the youth to the Mercury game. Well, they took most of them anyway. Six of the guys had to stay back because they were either a) too cool, or b) they were on probation of some sort and not allowed to go. So basically, all the troublemakers were left back at the ranch. Since they were the only ones left on campus they were in Christmas vacation mode (aka, bouncing off the walls like spider monkeys all hopped up on Mt. Dew).

To give them something to do Leslie suggested they pull out some games, and they did. She had hoped they would take the games outside and leave us to get our work done, yeah...not so much the case. They "suckered" me in to playing Uno. I thought we could put a spin on things, so I taught them how to play fun-Uno (btw, if you've never played you should probably do that right after you're done reading this. Its fab....wait for it.......ulous). The boys loved the game. It's like they were 6 year olds again, teasing each other and trying to win. It was hilarious to see these big "thug" guys trying to get each other to giggle during "silent 7". It was awesome. I could see that they were just having a great time, and so was I. We must've played it for a couple of hours because before I knew it the sun was setting and it was time for me to leave. It was soooo much fun!

Ahh, the simple joys in life.