Family Reunion

This week was my family reunion with all of my siblings....well all but one anyway. It's been years since we've seen each other and some of them we had never met. This may be a long post, but hopefully the majority of it will be pictures.

My sisters Melisa & Julie. For those of you who don't know, I have 3 brothers and two sisters. Our family has grown from seven people to 27 people including in-laws and nieces and nephews. We had a total of 21 people including my mom that got together for this family reunion. Let me tell you it was CRAZY!.....but a lot of fun! It was funny because at times you couldn't even get a word in and everyone was so excited and talking so loud. I totally forgot how loud my family really is until we all get together.

There was also some confusion considering I have a brother named Brian as well as my husband. My Brian couldn't go by his middle name because it's the same as my other brother who also goes by his middle name. Trust me. It was confusing at times.

Two of my adorable nieces. Yes, we have a good lookin' family I think. See how cute they are? It was so funny. Simmone (left) had never met her cousin Madysen (right) and she was wanting her to come sleep over. They were so cute together!

On Thursday, we all decided to go to the zoo. It was so much fun. The kids were loving it!

I was so amazed at how fast the kids became good friends. They really enjoyed having cousins their own age to play with for the most part.

Brian even secretly enjoyed himself.

This is my niece Madysen. She was my little buddy. She was always wanting to hold my hand and she would get so excited when she'd see me. She is such a sweet girl! I just love her!

I loved this picture of my sister with Maddy.

Here are the majority of the kids on the rhino statue at the zoo. It was so funny trying to get them all on there.

Later, after the zoo, we were all supposed to go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House, but only my family (Brian, myself & Tali) and my brother Brian's family were able to go. Here are the pictures from that outing.

This picture was kind of awkward. After we had gone through the temple open house, we went into a tent for cookies and water. One of the people serving there had asked if she could take our picture because it just looked so "perfect." I was kind of caught off guard, but gave her my camera anyway because I figured it would be nice to get a picture of us. Aren't we a cute bunch???

My brother's family at the temple

I LOVED this picture of the boys! They were so funny trying to hold their little brother. I thought the girls looked like little angels. What's not to love?

On Friday, we all went to the aquarium.

I loved this picture of my sister and our nieces. I thought my niece Mykenzy (left) looked just like my sister when she was little. Funny thing is, Mykenzy is my brother's daughter. Weird.

The aquarium had a bunch of new exhibits. The kids were having so much fun! Here is a picture of the older kids and the younger kids.

In one of the new exhibits, you're able to touch these buttons in order to feel a small shock from what would be the equivalent of an eel. Some people in our group were enjoying it a little too much. They even had a few people stand in a circle holding hands to see if they would all get shocked. I know. My family is apparently very easily amused. They could have entertained themselves for hours with that thing.

Brennen was so funny when he saw the anaconda. I had to take this picture.

Here is my adorable little princess! I LOVE this picture of her! How can you resist that face? I JUST LOVE HER!

My small little family cramped inside this small fake coral cutout. I'm actually surprised we fit. It was a tight squeeze.

The majority of us at the aquarium.

All of us at the aquarium....except my sister who was taking the picture. Can you believe there are actually more of us??? There were actually six more people that were unfortunately unable to make it for this family reunion.