Last weekend, Michelle and Jenny (my sisters) both came with their families for a visit to the Clagett St. home. It made for a grand cousins' reunion and was the first time most of the East Coasters got to meet baby Hyrum. On a whim, we decided to try to capture a cousin picture. Here are two of the better results with everyone looking in at least the same general direction. I call that success.
From L to R:
John, Isaac, Spencer, Hyrum (back)
Hannah, Lily, Emma, Reuben, and Miriam (front)
Thanks to some quick action on the part of the grandparents, we were able to secure this sweet photo of Grammy, Papa, and all nine grandchildren that have been born to date. (Two more coming in 2013!)
Here's another version with a photo filter from the Path app on my phone.
On Monday, we had hoped to go to Pumpkinville together, but some morning rain showers foiled our outing. Spencer was happy to hear we didn't go while he was slaving away in 2nd grade, and Grammy had great back-up activities. We spent the morning doing fall crafts: haunted houses, watercolors, fingerprint trees, and LOTS of glue and glitter creations.
I seldom get glitter out at home, so Emma thought that was a pretty special treat.
For snacks, Grammy made these cute little Clementine jack-o-lanterns. (Props go to Jenny for sharing this fun little trick).
Later that evening, we gathered once more for a homemade pizza dinner and FHE. Emma had just come from gymnastics, so she was dressed in style for the Cousin Fall Festival that Papa created. The man is amazing. In five minutes' time he had organized a series of events, tickets to distribute to each winner, and a box of prizes for which the cousins could redeem their tickets. Truly astounding. The kids loved bowling, catching the tennis ball on a sticky mitt, jumping over the "snake" (rope), shooting the ball into the basket, throwing magnetic darts, and getting balls into a moving butterfly net (Trina's awesome addition).
Here's a photo of the whole gang gathered in Mom's beautiful kitchen. It's hard to believe that we ever squished into a smaller space. We spend most of our time gathered in this lovely space whether it is to eat, talk, or play games.
Dan and Heather - we sure missed you!! How about a repeat gathering come Christmas?
3 comments:
I am so glad you documented this fun time! Thanks Marie :) one correction though: in all this fun - I am afraid I can only be credited with bringing my cute Hyrum into the world, and not the clementine jack-o-lanterns - I think that was Jenny's idea! It sure was a good one! Love you Marie! Can't wait until Christmas!
Thanks for keeping the record straight, Michelle. I just fixed it in the blog.
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