The first goodbye party

Tonight was the first of a series of goodbye parties - as it always is at this time of year. It was the Elementary end of year party.
We started with a very fun activity - water polo!  It was actually hard work - even with tyres for floating in. The tyres had these wicked (in the true sense), long valves that dug into you if you caught them at the wrong angle!  And my armpits ached from hanging over the tyre while we "swam" and fought.  But it was FUN.
We then had a barbecue and because most of us were tired from the water polo we skipped the next game and went up to the library for dessert and the "honouring" section of the evening.
The staff were very generous and gave Steve a gift voucher for Amazon.  We know exactly what it will go on - our game collection, we need to build up our English stockpile!