We just started bringing games and playing whatever we felt like playing. Bev brings a selection of games and we just have fun. Sometimes we hire a babysitter so the young families can join us. We've even had a good number of teens coming to the get-togethers. I think it's so wonderful to have the young people getting involved.
People bring food and play games and spend an evening enjoying each others' company.
Mel said they laugh the night away. The Smiths put together other events, too. One year, a neighbor's birthday was coming up, and, knowing Bev and Mel, she asked them not to make a big deal of it. Bev laughs with the memory. So, they threw a parade.