I Can't Believe I Didn't Get Pictures!

I think it was the weather and how windy it was.  It made me completely spacey!!  I totally forgot to take a picture of the houses we did on Sunday night and they were pretty EPIC.  So it made me sad that I failed to take a photo.  The house that we did in Kirkland I think was never home.  I left them several different messages and never received a phone call back.  I need to call the family that requested them to be flocked and let them know that I don't think the people saw them.

The other house we did was a pretty awesome adventure.  The main thing that stuck out to me was the vehicle that for some reason kept his headlights on us the whole time.  I think he was just trying to say, "Hey, we see you!"  But I felt like running to their car and asking them to turn off the lights so our shadows wouldn't cast.  But that little obstacle made us feel more accomplished when the task was completed!

What was gross though was when I went to pick up the flamingos the next morning, I realize there was a lot of dog poop around.  Haha.  I was like, "That would have been AWFUL if we had been rolling around in that!"

Dead End

So I got lost getting to this place.  The "Dead End" sign was somewhat deceiving.  Yet, getting lost worked to our advantage.  If we were any earlier, they would have just been coming home and we would have been caught with flamingos in hand.  Such a pretty, pretty house.

Where's That Laughing Coming From? RUN!!!!

We were doing so good on this flocking.  Then we heard laughing and it sounded like they were right there.  It freaked us out.  We literally all jumped in the car.  I think my car was almost already moving before I thought, "Hey, did I get everyone?"  Hahaha.

Are You Sure It's The Right House?

So, we honestly staked out this house for seven minutes.  We were just sitting there, watching the house.  Haha.  The main reason was because I didn't want to accidentally flock the wrong house.  After we confirmed that it was the right house, we sprung to action.  Actually the two girls did the staking, I just handed them the flamingos.

I called the owner of this house the next day to see if they enjoyed the flamingos.  He shared the story about how his daughter woke him up at 5:30 a.m. and told him that there were flamingos and he didn't believe her.  Haha.  They wrote us a nice note that said, "Thank you!  What a wonderful surprise!  It made our day.  Have fun spreading the flock!"

So Stealth!

I didn't have my cell phone with me so I missed the phone call from the leader that was heading the flocking of this house.  I received her message where she expressed concern that all the lights were on and they would be found out.  However, it turned out that they were extremely stealth.  The next morning they were so surprised to find the flamingos.  The student that lived in the house wondered how they did it since he was awake until 3 a.m. that night.

A nice note ...

One of the homes we flocked earlier on had written us a nice note that stated:

"Thanks for the smile!  Last night there was a gathering of around 16 teenagers at our house playing games when the flock arrived.  We all had a good laugh when the flock was discovered and I thought - what a great witness to the fun of Young Life to these kids, most of whom are not believers."

Flamingo Facebook Updates

I figured one of the ways to know if we made people smile is to see what they write on their Facebook updates.  I'm not FB friends with all of them and some people don't have FB, that's why I don't have examples from every person.

House #1 stated on her status: SO, check out my profile page, and you'll see pictures of what happened at OUR house last night! We got FLAMINGO-ED!!!! SURE is pretty.....thanks to all our dear Young Life Friends! Happy Day to all....gotta love this SUN!!! ♥  

House #1 provided pictures and wrote this: So, we wake up this morning,l to find this delightful group of beautiful birds in our yard, just WAITING for us to be up and around! Our Young Life friends must have been BUSY last night!!!!

House #3 stated on his status (BTW, he made the flocking his default pic):  Good day: Got Flamingo Flocked by YL

House #24 provided pictures and wrote this: We woke up to a yard filled with Pink Flamingo courtesy of Cooper's Young Life friends! It was so funny when the little girl I watch saw them this morning, she had to name them all! :)