Combat Croquet!

We drove up to Connecticut today for a graduation party for two children of two of our cousins.  It was a wonderful family gathering with all the relatives, and friends of the relatives and friends of the kids.  That place was full of life today!  One of the things that this family loves to do is to play games.  The choice of game today was what they call "Combat Croquet."  This is not the game I played with my great aunts and my grandmother when I was a kid!  This is killer croquet!  I thought you would like to see a photograph of the combatants!