Last Wednesday was Keepsake Quilting’s annual summer employee party and cookout. This year we had a western theme, and our talented coordinators created a ‘KQ Corral’ for all of us to enjoy!
We enjoyed a lunch of grilled BBQ chicken, pulled pork sandwiches, freshly cooked corn on the cob and pasta salad. The food competition had categories for main dishes and desserts, and all entries had to fit in with the western theme. We had delicious entries including: Lane’s Texas Slop (first place), Bonnie’s S’more Cupcakes (tie-second place), Candy’s Cowboy Cookies (tie-second place), and Gloria’s Cowpie Cookies (first place).
Activites this year included judging the costumes, eating (and judging) the entries in the food contest, a shooting corral, lasso contest, a poker table, duck toss, and a dunk tank. The weather was warm, and dunk tank was even more popular than it was last year. Our president Rob and distribution center manager Dawn were great sports and volunteered to get dunked!
Here are some photos from our costume contest, as well as fun ones from the cookout. Click on the first image to scroll through them all!
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- Cowgirls Crystal and Colleen
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- Cowgirl Lane, our best-dressed winner
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- Cowgirl Heather
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- Sharp Shooters from the cutting room: Sarah, Lane, Colleen and Heather
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- Cowboy Terry
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- Cowgirls Donna and Becky (love Becky’s ‘boot’!)
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- Patty and Becky
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- Upstairs Ladies: Sara, Betsy, Stephanie, Patty, Tina, Becky and Bonnie in front
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- Sheriff Betsy
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- Call Center Ladies: Sara, Tina and Becky
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- All the costumed KQ ladies
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- Western dessert entries
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- Becky, Tina and Sara
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- Stephanie getting ready to throw @ the dunk tank
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- The ‘stable hands’ watching the dunk tank
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- Down he goes!
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- Rob is dunked!
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- Refreshed Rob
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- Dawn and a post-dunk Rob
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- Crystal, Lane, Heather and Colleen lining up to throw @ the dunk tank
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- Dawn is a great sport!
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- Dawn is ready
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- Down she goes!
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- Shari, Cindy and Robin playing poker
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- Poker table
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- Our anniversary gifts, a set of grilling sauces from Stonewall Kitchen
