Another Fine Yodaai Picnic!

Eyi wa l'eni o si n'kan!!!

O ga o, at that picnic in Opelika yesterday.

It was hosted by Mrs Popoola and the auburn consortium  including Mrs Ayanwale who is not pictured - see below.

Thank you so much ladies!

 The attendance and turn out was more than 90% and participation was at 100% - very active!

From the 1k and 3k race for the children and their parents,

and they are off, ati omode ati agba...(below)

Ati okunrin ati obirin...

Ori mi si wu lati maa wo wa...

Winner, boys race,  ages 13-18 (the Revrend Fara!)

The cheer leading team, led by our honorable host and vice president, encouraging others...

You go girl!

 Auburn versus Hoover, young versus not so young...( Mi o to bee, sir!)

Our champion, ladies 3K race. I was inspired by your determination ma'm...(below)

Winner for sheer willpower and effort, age over fifty something..(below our now yoruba wife)

Winner of the older boys race, catching his breath...

The "we're resting after one lap because we're older than 50 " consortium... (below)

Madam, you are my hero.

Our runner up, men's race...He ran with the wind...

Below, Winner, ladies race!

Below, Winner, Men's race... more vaseline to your elbow and ibuprofen to your joints...

Madam doctor, coming in below, for the women's race above certain age...(ahem!)

Winner, age 11 and above, boys race, below.

Winner, boys race, ages below 10.

Below, winner, on behalf of the alagbas, they who walked  strolled the race...

Below, leading from rearview, as they say, for the men's race...

And for the ladies, coming in in the alagba category... E nle ma, e ro ra ma!

Then it was on to the train rides...

it was fun all around!

Then there was the timed jump rope contests

Below, yours truly won for the ladies (gbogbo ara l'o 'n ro mi)!

Good job! Your feet are completely off the ground!

And the boy's champion!  (Below)Is there anything this guy is not good at!??

Spectators  below at the timed jump event.

And on to the ayo championships,

and the ladies playing Ludo , munching on epa yiyan (roasted groundnuts)...

And the winner of the Ludo game is our 1st Lady...

and on to the ten-ten ladies - talk about a full body work out!

The young ladies watch as we teach them a time honored yoruba game of ten ten..

Our other now yoruba wife, putting the ten ten steps out..

Panadol (tylenol) lo p'ari e l'ale ana for many of us...

Epa, booli, agbado sun sun were amongst the traditional yoruba snacks available.

Winner for the longest distance travelled to get to the picnic - Huntsville!

Don't y'all think the lady below
 should get the medal for the most creative and unique way to accessorize the yodaai t shirt?

Very stylish, ma'm!

Champion, Ayo championships.

 and finally - below- our judges with a fist full of medals for all the winners.

Our judges awarded medals and trophy in all categories but that is a blog post for another day as
"o  ti re mi t'egun t'egun" - I am what you would call bone tired!

But overall, you cant buy this kind of camaraderie amongst our people - as mastercard would say, it 's priceless.

We hope this is the first of many great outdoor events in the future and look forwad and onwards to the ajodun - Odun de ni yen o!

Look out for the invitation. Pls respond on the invitation as to how many people are coming with you, children and guests. We need the exact numbers for planning purposes.

Funke Abolade, M.D.

Social/Publicity Secretary.