Hibbert Family Pictures

We took some family pictures this evening, after the sun had set. 

The people renting the cabin next to us were all outside eating, so we asked one of them to come take our group pic. We're going to return the favor for their reunion tomorrow. :)

We were counting heads before the pic and realized that Lily wasn't there! She was upstairs doing homework with headphones in, so didn't hear the many calls to come that had been ringing through the house. Ethan ran in to get her, and when she came out we all were sitting there watching her and cheered as she came down the stairs. We were glad she made it. Before the big group photo, my siblings and I took a few with our parents:

This is our "silly" one ~ so silly!

And then some of just the "kids" - everyone line up in order, oldest to youngest...

We don't do tallest to shortest, cause we're all tied second place for short, and Grant gets 1ast place for not short. Yeah, who's that tall kid at the end? Whose genes did he get?!?! And why didn't he share with the rest of us?

Then finally, the traditional jazz hand pic. 

Neil was like "Ugh no! I hate jazz hands! Just cause we did it once when we were kids doesn't mean we are doomed to do it for the rest of our lives!" Then a reluctant "FINE!!!" with a big enthusiastic smile. And this one was actually my favorite. 

The big kids kept the little kids entertained while we did our sibling photo shoot, doing an obstacle course.

It was pretty tricky, but even Peter and Katharine wanted a turn to give it a go, with a little help from older siblings.

After pictures were done, we let the kids watch KPop Demon Hunters, which is all the rage this month. Little ones have gone to bed now. Older kids stayed up and played games. Joseph represented our family for this one. 

Ok, so most of us are in bed now. A little bit more of what we did today - Hyrum got to sleep in the kiddie room. He talked Peter into sleeping on the trundle so H could have a big bed. 

Lazy morning though... Sophi and Mel napping, Lily doing homework, and looks like Abi is on Corey's phone, so probably checking Instagram.

The weather was very nice today. Cool temperature and also cloudy, so I liked that and was ok to go to the beach. 

I still put on sunblock but I was less concerned about totally coating everywhere. There were fun games going on - spikeball ~

Katharine and I made a castle. I did the cobblestone bridge, pretty good if I do say so myself. 

Kids were out on kayaks. 

I buried K in the sand.

Cute picture of my parents. 

Mel made skipping stones from clay and we had a contest for distance. 

Katharine with a dirty face. 

But she still feels pretty!

People relaxing. 

I played Kubb against Joseph. Then Joseph and I were a team against Neil and Mikey. Then we did kids vs. adults, so Mikey and Joseph against me and Neil. That one went on forever, it was kinda funny. When Neil and I finally did have a chance to win and it was obvious we would win, Neil did went for the king without looking... and missed! Then it went on forever again. Funny. 

The new mothers Bella and Eliza with their beautiful angel babies. 

At the beach, Joseph was showing the men a faster way to tie a bow, and it was so funny how intersted they all were. 

Spend a couple of hours mastering this and then maybe it will save you 1 second when you tie your pants for the rest of your life, then you can slowly earn back those hours you spent learning. 

A special shout out should be given to Amy, Jerusha, and Jared, who did all the meal planning, prepping, and cooking for everyone during this reunion. We've been having a feast at every meal.