Family Party

Since Dan didn't arrive until April 29, his parents and siblings waited to have their Easter party with him on April 30.  It was the first time since Ben's homecoming that the whole clan was together and we had a blast.  We ate delicious food, talked, laughed, and played his parents' version of Let's Make a Deal.

Dan's parents like to set up a game show with prizes for their children each year at the Easter party (past ones include Deal or No Deal, Minute to Win It, etc.).  For Let's Make a Deal, we had to answer a trivia question and if we got it right, we then got to choose from a mystery box or an envelope.   I won some really awesome "shave powder formulated for the African-American man".  Sweet.  I was able to trade it later for $5.  I was much happier with my $5!

Brooke so happy to be with Daddy again.  The girls were so excited to see him Saturday morning that they dragged their cousins into our room to show him off...at 6:30 in the morning.

The "little" cousins with their treasures from Grandma and Papa (Lily, Megan, Alonzo, and Brooke)

A little basketball while waiting for the game show setup...

The siblings:  Ben, Ali, Amberly, Dan, Michelle, Heather

Height order (6'10", 6'4", 6'3", 6', 5'11", 5'10") (don't quote me on these heights :) )

Their best side...

On the rocks...with Robby's legs, not Michelle's best face (sorry Michelle!)...

The older grandkids (back row:  Jake, Will, Brooke, Savannah, Tyler, Isaac; front row: Clara, Megan, Lily, Boston, Alonzo)...we're only missing the babies, Sarah and Whitney

Dan's parents, Ken and Jane (I love this picture of them!)

Michelle and Robby

Dan and I

Spencer and Amberly

Heather and fake Randy (he was on a business trip)

Ali and Ben (he was recovering from ACL repair surgery and was still pretty miserable)

*This was the last post my Mom read. I was sitting on her bed with her and Tami when Tami got out Mom's iPad and read it to her, showing her the pictures. She loved seeing the pictures of Dan's family and trying to put faces with names. She commented on how tall they all are.