Back by popular demand, the Content Team had another picnic team outing this past weekend complete with “Content Olympic” games. Since the temperatures here in Las Vegas are slowly creeping up to the 100s, we decided to stock up on water balloons and water guns to keep things cool…and interesting!

We had a relay race where teams had to take turns filling up water bottles held on top of a single team member’s head, using small paper cups, as fast as they can without spilling water on the person’s head…and to make things more challenging, each person had to run back to the starting line while performing funny things like pirouettes, the “running man”, or the “Chicken Dance”! The results were definitely hilarious to say the least.

We also had a popsicle-eating contest to beat the heat…but instead we ended up with massive brain freeze. It’s all in good fun though; the winning team ate nine popsicles in under two minutes! They still can’t feel their teeth.

It was most certainly another fun team-building event in the name of Zappos family spirit and of course, a healthy dose of competition. However, some people definitely got a little water-gun and water-balloon-happy, but we won’t name any names (Rico!).

The Zappos Content Team took advantage of the warming temperatures and kicked off spring with the very first "Content Team Olympics".

Grillmasters Nick and Rico worked their "grill skills" cooking up their famous BBQ treats, while the Content Team Olympics started off with a good ‘ol fashion sack race, followed by a heated game of Pictionary.

There was also a horseshoe toss competition, which proved a lot harder than it looks. Luckily, there were no horseshoe-related injuries. Then came Nick's game of Ring Toss...which turned out to be physically impossible...but everyone had a great time nonetheless! (Next time, no more ring toss Nick!)

But the most challenging and arguably the funniest of all the day's events was Rico's Crazy Relay Race! Contestants had to weave through cones holding an egg in a spoon...sounds easy enough, right? Well, they also had to eat three crackers and proceed to whistle and spin around a baseball bat five times and then carry the egg back through the course. The results, as one would guess, were hilarious.

The Content Team picnic was definitely a great way to kick off the weekend and build team and family spirit. Food, drinks, good friends, and friendly competition always equal a good time!