Better than pie!

How would you like to spend you extra dollars on paying for a tasty lemon meringue pie for a friend? My guess is that you are not jumping at this offer. How about this, you pay your hard earned dollars (from you SAE perhaps, which would be really cool), to pay to have that same pie shoved in the face of a friend? Ah, now I bet you're interested!

At the Massachusetts state convention, members did just this! At the registration table, members had the chance to put money in the box of their favorite national officer to have them get a pie in the face at the Tuesday night awards banquet. As much fun as this pie battle was, it was just one of the many exciting events that took place the week of convention!

Students participated in many different CDEs, set-up chapter displays, attended workshops and attended "advisor Olympics." This was the first year for the advisor Olympics, which included rope tying, tree and animal identification, corset creating, a tricycle ride, and the final eight went into a sudden death round of quiz bowl! Lucky me, I got to participate in the Olympics as well...YEA! Needless to say, I made it to the quiz bowl round, yet wasn't crowned as the Olympian Gold Medalist. I must say, those advisors are pretty fast, and smart (beware; don't underestimate their abilities or competitive side)!

Tuesday night was the large awards banquet where the CDE winners were announced...very exciting! Ms. Kim LeFluer gave some motivational reflections, and the state officers did a fantastic job chairing the program. Congratulations on a job well done and congratulations to all the winners of the evening!

Of course that evening was the result of the pie winners. Desiree, Wiley and Shone were the lucky state officers to receive a delicious pie in the face! Hey you three, way to be good sports and have fun!

Sadly, I had to leave the convention a day early. However, what time I had with the Massachusetts members couldn't have been better. It didn't take long to see how enthusiastic, motivated, and hard-working the members are. I feel fortunate to have left the convention with not only good pictures of three state officers being pied :), but better than pie, I left with many new friends. Massachusetts members...thanks for a great time!