Portrait

Sixteen!

Standing above from left to right behind Emilio: Case Stafford, Carlos Morales, Augustin Palma, Sam Rhynes, Jose Palma, Saul Palma, Tyler Walker, and Caden Mitchell.

For his 16th birthday, Emilio invited some of his friends to the Stanley Wagner Ballroom at ECU for pizza, birthday cake, and an evening of contests, including: 1) a cup pyramid-building race; 2) a tissue paper-pulling race; 3) a spoons card game; 4) a cup-stacking race and 5) an egg spoon race. In each contest, individual competitors score points on their finish between first and ninth place. Several races ended with competitors racing to the opposite end of the ballroom to look for playing cards (ace through 9) that would determine their ranking in the competition.

At the end of the evening, the competitor with the highest point total got to draft two prizes from the prize table; the second-place finisher also got two draft picks; and the rest of the finishers got a single draft pick. Most of the prizes were oversized chocolate bars. There was also ginger candy; lip balm; and poop emoji wipes.

I think everyone had fun, but Emilio had the most fun.

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