Family Reunion- Thursday, July 8, 2021

Ken and I were in charge of Thursday breakfast: scrambled eggs, lil' smokies, pancakes, and orange juice.

 The main event for Thursday was the softball game.  Michelle and Brian live very close to their church, so everyone walked down to their softball field and enjoyed a game of softball where everyone played and the ending score was, of course, a tie!  (Hinton tradition)

The afternoon was down time- everyone doing what they wanted.  It was such a fun, relaxing afternoon.

Girl time.  I gave each of the girls a little treasure that was my grandma's, my mom's, or mine.  I had them each choose.

This swing was a huge draw for kids of all ages.  They had so much fun all week.

Kristen brought a fun craft for the kids: tie dye bracelets.  They made them on Thursday and finished them up on Saturday morning (see Saturday's pictures)  Kristen and Jared, though not assigned, always bring things for the kids to do.

Creative Jared also always does something fun with the kids.  This years, he drew animals- all about the same size and height on pieces of paper.  Then cut them in half- making funny animals with one kind of top and another kind of bottom.  Then he told funny stories about the animals.  The kids loved it!!

Over the week, Ken cut up a lot of pineapple!  And every bit got eaten.  We are a pineapple eating family!

We (not me!) also ate a lot of watermelon.  Brian is the official watermelon cutter upper as he has a fancy and efficient way of doing it.

The kids loved playing with the play dough and all of Brian and Michelle's fun apparatus to use with it.  Me- I'm not a play dough fan.  It makes such a mess!

Brian and Michelle were in charge of Thursday dinner.  It was a feast:  barbecued chicken, corn on the cob, green salad, watermelon, roasted potatoes, sautéed zucchini, and homemade ice cream for dessert.

This little girl!

Our yummy, healthy dinner.

These two were adorable together.  I heard their little voices and went in William's room to find them reading stories to each other.

Our grandkids love books and reading was a big activity for the littles on Thursday.

This is a fun picture comparing Brielle's skin color to Nathan's.  These two came out of the same womb?

More Pinchy, Fisty, Flatty, Cutty, Cow.

Sisters

More Play dough fun

Michelle preparing the salad

These kids had SO much fun making up a cops and fugitives game and playing it all afternoon.  They are so creative.