Flake Family Fun

On Sunday, July 25 my entire family came to Horseshoe Bend, Idaho to welcome home my parents and my sister Cassidy from their missions. My parents served in Panama City and my sister served in San Fernando, California ASL speaking. It was so fun to see not only them, but every member of my family.

I have ten brothers and sisters. We hadn't all been together for a few years, so it was fun to be all together again...all 55 of us. We spent the next few days in Banks, Idaho for a family reunion.

My sister Sarah was nice enough to not only take the family picture with all 55 of us, but also each individual family. We have some pretty cute kids.

The following day we spent a lot of time horseback riding. The kids went first and then the adults. I think that was my favorite part of the reunion. It sure was beautiful up there.

You may be wondering why we have our jackets on. Well, it was actually in the 60's for some of the time we were there.

Emily loved having so many girl cousins to play with, but by far her favorite was...

Cheyenne! Too bad they decided to move to Indiana. :(

Leslie also has favorites...here she is with Uncle Joel and her cousin Able. 

It was so nice to just sit and talk and spend some quality time together.

Here is my mom with the newest addition to the family. Leslie makes the total: 55 Flakes. ;)

The food was great and so was the company.

That night we had a family dance party. One of the dances was mom teaching us some Zumba moves....never a dull moment!

My girls quickly warmed up to my mom. Here they are taking a break from dancing.

I look so much like my mom. No wonder everyone always tells me that. 

On the final day of the reunion we went on a bunch of hikes. Here is the group that Emily hiked with.

Here is the group that I hiked with. Man, it's so pretty in Idaho!

Two of my favorites

My little Les

After the hikes we ended the reunion playing volleyball. Although none of my siblings are particularly good at playing, we still managed to have a great time.

Here I am with all of my ten siblings and my parents. I love Cassidy's face in this picture...

After the reunion we headed to dad and mom's to go through some old boxes. These boxes contained things I had kept for years and years. Some dated back to elementary school. Although most of the stuff I just threw away, it was so fun to go through it all with Heather and Bethany and Greg. It made for a lot of laughs!

Here is Emily having popsicles with Paul and Bethany's kids.

The last day at mom and dad's we went on a hike with dad behind their house. It was pretty fun...sorry we are squinting!

I forgot to mention that while my parents were on their mission they celebrated 40 years of marriage. All of us 11 siblings decided to put our money together and buy them plane tickets to Hawaii. As of yesterday they are all set to go. We sure love them and are so happy they are finally home!