We had another spontaneous family event Sunday. They all start out like this; since Suz and Mary are going home on Monday, let's invite Doug and his family over for dinner. We will keep it simple!
Then of course when you invite one, you must invite all and in the matter of a few days a mini reunion was organized again. It turned out that Kristina, Bryan;s wife and four of their kids were in St. George and when they heard about the get together, Kristina motored up to Salt Lake.
We ended up with seven of our eight daughters and their families, Doug and his family with the brand new baby who experienced her first extended family function, Krisitina with Sarah, Heidi, Nicki and Michelle. It was a blast!
We had 100 over the previous Sunday and this time it was 50. I did ribs again and Doug brought over some Dutch oven ribs and the usual supply of extras. This time, we had enough.
I had the parents get in the line first and then the kids. Last week it turned out that the kids were not the only ones bypassing the line as the parents learned from experience that you had to make a move to be fed. Emily says they all developed survival skills growing up on a large family.
Reminds me of the time in Michigan when Denny Kelley left a fresh Burger King Whooper on the kitchen island with a drink. Smelled so good. He left for a few seconds and when he came back, the Whooper and drink were gone. Suz said simply, "That's life in a big family!" Never leave your food alone.
It is so great to have the kids all come over. We had a ten minute family night as well. It is hard to catch the attention of all the kids (more than in our ward primary) but I thought that if President Hunter could see us, he would smile at the activities going on in the home he built.
Alles Gute, Dad
new additons including Isabelle Michelle one week old
trying to get all the kids to family night. We have a family calling: the"Sheepdog" whose job it is to herd all the kids from the basement, lawn, backyard to come to family night.
2 comments:
The ribs were great! Thanks for letting us cut in the long feeding line.
Its so fun to get together like this! I don't know how mom does it though. I suppose she has been doing it for years though with all us growing up then missionaries and now even more of us.
Those babies sure look cute - its been a bumper crop!
that was areat party. loved the ribs. we miss u! suz
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