Ping pong is first mentioned in Dad/Lamar's history. In the Grandview Circle years, he mentions playing with his friend Dick Van Wagenen. After high school, ping pong was mentioned as an Institute activity up at the University of Utah. The Havenmoor House featured a ping pong table in the basement, and many table tennis tournaments pitting grandkids against Grandpa. If you check out Dad's letter (December2021) he mentions playing ping pong a couple times.
In 2012, Kaden made a little video, with the Westra ping pong table playing a major role ...
https://youtu.be/XFSnGsgXN3k
This last week, it was an end of an era as Mom/Margie wrote in an email ...
Derek took photos of our barbecue and posted it on ksl for free, as well as 2 bookcases and the ping pong table, etc. A grandpa and his son, from Magna, came for the ping pong table and ended up taking the little billiards set too for his grandkids. As Derek helped them load things in their truck, the older man cried and said it was an answer to prayer as his wife has Alzheimer's, but she loves playing/hitting a ping pong ball back and forth.
I asked if there might be a ping pong table in the new house, and Alicia confirmed that was in the plan.
Chris's crew added a ping pong table to their home in 2021, and it's been a fun addition for them.
The Blackham's added a ping pong table back in 2011, and while use has been on and off over the years, it's been an integral addition. There have been many wild games of "around the world" and "sting pong", and in 2020&2021, Jen and Cooper would play almost every day. Sometimes Joy would join in ...
Derek's family had a ping pong table for a time, under their deck.
Derek did NOT take it easy on his old man ...
D&D sold their table ... but they still have THIS setup!
Wendy had an early ping pong entry in her journal ...
January 11, 1982: My friend, Tammy Tisdale, and I were ping pong partners in doubles for a little school tournament and we got first place!
Jensen's had an old ping pong table that came with the house when they bought it, but it wasn't in the best shape and gave out. They still have managed some ping pong adventures ... Wendy shared their 2018 Father's Day Flee video, which showcases the aforementioned "Sting Pong" (see it here https://youtu.be/10Ar5HQfCis?t=1029). They had a nice setup in their 2020 Father's Day flee as well (photo below).
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Josh suffered a ping pong injury to his eye (from a flailing paddle) in 2019.
... and while not ping pong per se, Josh and Jaiden made a fun "trick shots" video with ping pong balls when they were homebound and bored during the Covid shut-down in 2020 ...
https://youtu.be/dMAERyNLhtc
Keep on playing, ping pong people!
Fun post! I had never seen that video that Kadan and Corin did!! And your kitty catching the ping pong balls still always makes me laugh!
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