We woke up {pretty} early on the morning of New Year's Day to head to Utah for a Perkins family reunion. Lisa and her family flew out from Virginia to go skiing in Utah the week between Christmas and New Year's. My brothers and sisters had gotten all together at my parent's house a few days earlier to celebrate Katrina's birthday, but Josh & I were unable to go then, so we had planned on all getting together again on New Year's afternoon with the whole family being together while Lisa's family was in town.
We arrived in Tremonton early in the afternoon, and the boys were so happy to see their Fisher cousins! They instantly got to tickling & wrestling with each other!
It's rare that all the Perkins grandsons are all in one location:
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| Micah - Ammon - Brendan - Kanyon - Malcolm - Quinn - Jonah |
Quinn is just one year older than Ammon, and they get along so well. We were trying to figure out who was taller...
When everyone finally arrived later that afternoon for a late lunch, my mom had to be creative with her seating in order for everyone to fit in her home for one meal. All the adults sat around the dining table. Then she put a short table in the front room, and used pillows for seats for all the teenagers. They looked like they were at a Chinese restaurant setting or something! Sooo funny!
And she put a short table in the foyer for all the younger kids to sit at. She used her large tins of flour & sugar as chairs for the kids to fit at the short table.
After lunch, we had a white elephant gift exchange...the kids were in one circle on the floor, and the adults were in another circle in chairs and on the couch. We passed around wrapped gifts to a "left/right" story then everybody unwrapped their goods.
Bryce had a special gift for my mom, and he made her read a contract before she opened it, then he had her sign the contract, too...
...and the pen she used to sign her name was one of those practical joke ones that shocks you when you push the pen clicker at the top. She wasn't expecting it at all, and completely jumped and screeched and we all laughed and laughed!!!
His special gift was a short movie made out of a thousand still photos he took when the family had gotten together earlier in the week, and with all the photos together, the progression told a silent story (set to music!). It was hilarious! We watched it a few times and just kept on laughing! Nice work, Bryce!
I liked being with all my siblings again--it's been a year and half since we were all together last!
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| Tabbi & her awesome gift with a quote by Grandma P. |
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| Kala & my cute hubby Josh (we're both sporting some of our gifts we got) |
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| Tawna & her fiancée Bryce |
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| Cody & his wife BreAnne |
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| Mick & his wife Jen |
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| Lisa & her husband Mack |
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| Trina & her fiancée Dan |
I made everyone get together for family photos. It took several photos to just get all 26 of us to fit into the same shot!
Then once it finally worked, Mick suggested we do some crazy face photos! This was my favorite: the zombie! (P.S. it's funny to me that my dad's face is the same in the "smile" pose as it is in the "zombie" pose!)
After the dinner, gift exchanges, and dessert, most of the family left that evening. The Fishers and our family were staying in Tremonton, so we played some games together before heading to bed.
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| Apples to Apples with the Fisher cousins |
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| Kanyon & Libby each played "chest" (chess) with Grandpa, then they all played Uno together with Grandma, too. |
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