Complete with hot dogs, cool refreshments, and a sunny day – we also watched some baseball and had  a lot of laughs!

This year our BBQ was professionally catered, followed by a game of slow-pitch.  And what picnic is ever complete without the tradition of the annual water balloon fight – started of course by Derek.

Could there be a better night when we follow up our favourite watering hole, with our favourite place to laugh?

How was your day at work today?  Well this afternoon after I had a massage, I then had a manicure followed by a chocolate fondue – it was a pretty tough day at the office!

Just when we thought we couldn’t have more fun (or eat any more), the wall separated in the Junior Ballroom at the Sheraton Wall Centre, and surprise – a Mardis Gras theme casino night and dance party began..

Tara’s famous egg nog keeps everyone coming back to this annual in-house office kick-off for the holidays.

Yes more costumes, pumpkin carving, pumpkin pie eating contests, and of course pizza!

Yet another successful boat cruise complete with DJ, dancing, lots of food, and plenty of competitions for prizes.  We’re not sure how the weather always cooperates, but we are happy it does!

What other sport do you get to wear shoes worn by thousands of others, and do the strike or spare dance?

Where else in the world can you walk out the front door of your downtown office, stroll over to the park while gazing at the mountains and water, and play par three golf?

We love to laugh, and were not disappointed by the hilarity factor of the comedians on this evening – plus none of us got kicked out for heckling!

This year our picnic was at 2nd beach in Stanley Park, complete with volleyball, bocce ball, lots of BBQed goodness, a slurpee drinking contest, and balloon stomping/tackling fun!

Everyone had a blast curling at the Vancouver Curling Club whether it was for the first time or maybe the 3rd time.  Yes curling is much more fun than it seems, and by the end of the night we were all yelling “hurry hard”!

Yes here at IMC we had our own in-house flower and chocolate delivery service to send to the Valentine or Anti-Valentine of your choice!

Due to the success of the “Casino Night” a few months earlier, we had a very popular in-house Texas Hold’em Tournament, where the tables and dealers came to our office!  And believe it or not, the final game was between and IMC pro and a total Hold’em newbie.

We cheered them on.  Did we win?  Who remembers?  We were having too much fun.

Not only did we dine in style among the fish tanks at the Vancouver Aquarium, we also danced the night away, as we do at pretty much all IMC events where the tunes are spinning!

This posh quarterly celebration was held at the Four Season’s Hotel – complete with appetizers, cocktails, games and prizes for best costume and biggest winners. 

Again, we were really lucky this year -- the weather for the picnic was perfect. The social committee really put on a great event complete with burgers, baseball and water balloons!

On a beautiful summer day we all headed down to the ball field to eat some burgers and watch a Canadians game. What a blast -- the food was great and the Canadians won!

We really didn't think that it was possible to top last year's boat cruise -- we were wrong! There were almost twice as many people going on the cruise this year so the boat was huge. The weather was perfect, we drank and danced until the sun came up.

Held on the 34th floor of the Coast Plaza Hotel in downtown Vancouver, this was one swanky party! We all dressed to the nines and enjoyed a great evening of dinner, drinks and dancing. The surprise guests made a great addition and our caricaturist recorded it all for IMC history.

Imagine a sunny afternoon at the local horse racing park… you've got a belly full of great food, a drink in your hand and $40 burning a hole in your pocket -- all of this provided by the company you work for… sound risky? The best part was that some IMCers went home with more than $40 in their pockets!

Amazingly we managed to pick the most beautiful day in August to have our annual picnic. With a full turnout, everyone enjoyed the barbecued burgers while partaking in any one of the available sports -- from bocce to Frisbee to football, even the dogs had a great time!

The boat cruise will definitely go down as one of the best IMC events! We cruised up and down Burrard Inlet, enjoying the absolutely beautiful day, the drinks, and the dancing. The night was finished off by watching the Canucks win a great playoff game from the lounge in the Bayshore Hotel.