The family I grew up with did not start out so large. There were 16 of us at my parents house this past weekend! We were very crowded, but we still had a great time.

Sunday night was quite an adventure. We had put the kids down for the night in a tent outside when we were hit by a thunderstorm. Both Daniel and Kali handled the storm well, but the tent leaked. We ended up rushing them back inside and sleeping in the livingroom. Doug was the only one who ended up sleeping outside.

Doug also got up early in the morning and made pancakes for the whole crew. We had Apple flapjacks and blueberry pancakes. They were delicious. Even better, I ended up with a new electric griddle in the process. I have been putting it to good use already.