Caveman Gathering '16

 The cavemen (Hymas Family) gathered for yet another fun successful reunion! For one evening, all 7 kids were able to be there. That hasn't happened for years and it was great to see everyone. The kids were all in love with Ann who many of them met for the first time. She was always up for helping, playing or just about anything the kids wanted to do. There were lots of tricks done on the tramp...

 baseball training...

 sack races....

 heated games of chess...

 and lots of food and fun as always!

One day the whole crew took a hike after grandpa hymas spent the morning helping them make walking sticks.

Here we go up the trail! It was such a beautiful hike. It was right next to a river the whole time and we saw wild raspberries growing and lots of fun things. 

 The kids all did awesome and there was nearly no complaining and all of them walked the whole way except Brielle and Rylee who had the coolest rides of all.

The final destination was breathtakingly beautiful. A good sized waterfall flowed freely out of a rock! It was a sight to see and the water was cool and fresh and clean. The spray off felt majestic after a hot sweaty hike.

We all sat there for quite a while and enjoyed the fresh air, sound of flowing water and pretty sights. 

 When we returned from the hike and rested a bit it was time for the Caveman parade! Clyde and Evelyn put a lot of work in to coming up with theme and carrying out fun activities. One of which was a caveman parade! Everyone dressed up as cavemen and paraded over to Aunt Sharons house. They were surprised and they got a good chuckle looking at all of us.

The outfits got pretty creative! I had fun making Chads from cut up stuffed animals! The rest of ours were made out of animal print clothes i found at DI. 

And you always have to have your DIVA cavegirls! Chelsey and Klohe took care of that. 

Chets family had some really cute costumes complete with bones in their hair and large bones to carry. 

 Don't we look like a couple of wild animals?!

 There's Clyde and his fine descendant lookin fearsome!

It wouldn't be a Hymas reunion without a pinata! The kids got to take a wack at a dino pinata and Kayson got it cracked open and Carter was the one to break it open!

I was still pretty exhautsed from my week of camping the week before so whenever I could I'd sneak over the the chair swing and have some quiet time. Well as quiet as it could get while watching 2 littles! And I love this picture of Ry and Bri. She's looking out for her little sis making sure she gets some yummy Popsicle too! 

It was definitely one to remember!  A great time was had by all!