Ethan and Eve

Elder Packard is back home with Briant from Witchita, Kansas. No place like home.

New parents Sam and Lindsey

New baby Eve's blessing day and Grandpa Frank

 Great-Grandpa Grant

Mary starts the party

Ed teaching big brothers the rules of King of the Air Mattress

David marches all over Ed's plan to dominate

Now Briant

Carlisle claiming seniority

Frank hanging on to his victory, Henry full throttle

Bye Harv

Ed is taken out

Henry in charge

Meanwhile, in the kitchen...

Finally, The Victor! (Who could challenge that??)

Fine, if he can't be King of the Raft, then Henry will destroy little dogs

Dude, I'm hungry. Let's go get a cookie. 

In the living room they started up some music

Making some tunes                                                                            Making some memories

Cousins just enjoying being together

Our newest sister Rebecca and oldest brother Carlisle. Welcome to the family, Rebecca!

All we did was swim and eat.

                                                                                              Helen and Mary
And eat.

And eat

Top Secret conversation: Hey, did any of you guys bring a newspaper?

And swim..

Sam, Noah, Violet, Mary

Frances, Grace, Audra, Sonja, Sophia, Charles, and Conrad waffling with the idea of kicking over the Tower of Five Babes and Boy.

Pretty Grace

A singular photo of the women who were busy in the kitchen most of the day.

Fenway  entertaining

You can't tell, but it was about 105 degrees. A mild June day in Phoenix.

Frances: Connely, make your farewell/homecoming in January, will ya?

 Photo bombing relatives

The night activities whilst most of the adults were quietly resting in the lovely rental home: Fight Club

onlookers

James was avoiding Uncle Ed's boxing gloves with the invisible hat.

Lots of catching up was done

Twenty years of cousin love--Frances, Briant, Ethan

Briant makes use of the winds from the oncoming monsoons

Good times with the girls

Anyone is free to replace this one with a better one of the 5

I think Harvey is thinking, "I'm still older than you."

Charles

After two days of chasing Noah, a photo was finally captured

Did not have to chase Joe down at all! 

Hey, look, we're eating again.

Him: Hey Sonja, are we technically related? Her: Hands off, Fluffy.

227 meals served in 2 days