Father's Day 2013

I guess it turned out to be very handy for us and Dad that his 80th birthday (on Tuesday June 18) and Father's Day were so close together.  That enabled those here who wanted to go to Church with Dad on this Sunday to be here for both.  An extra bonus was that my Dad was teaching High Priest lesson that day.  My brothers, Rick and Todd and my brother-in-law Lance were able to go to his lesson (Gary had responsibilities at our ward and couldn't join us until time for their sacrament meeting so he missed High Priest ).  I didn't make an exact count during the Sacrament meeting but I think there were about 27 people there with Dad.  It was very nice.

After Church we had dinner at Dad and Karla's and then all headed different directions to go to Temple Square, visit other family, visit with Dad and Karla, or in our case, take a Sunday nap.  Then we gathered again at our house for dinner and some time to play games together.  Dad, Karla, and Rick stayed put in Midvale and missed out on some of the fun times although I hear they enjoyed their (quiet) time together as well.

(Uncle) Justin and Evanie

Jena swinging with her Aunt Valerie
 (I guess swinging is a Giberson thing.  Our mom love to swing, too.)
That is Kylie whose hair is flying as she is jumping on the trampoline.

Of course we all know that only one person should jump on the
tramp at the same time.  But it is SO much fun to jump with
your cousins.  This is Audrey, Tillie (in the air) and Owen.

Ben, Justin and Uncle Todd enjoying a game of pool.

Jena (posing)
She loved having her aunts, uncles, and cousins here
even though she had to give up her bed for a few nights.

The sibling picture--unfortunately we took this on Sunday night
without Rick because Todd had to leave in the morning.
From left to right:  me (Judy), Robin, Mike, Lynette, Valerie, and Todd
They are all great people you would love to meet.

We tried to get a group shot and this is who we gathered in:
Same siblings, Owen and Audrey with their grandpa, Mike; Kylie, Valerie's daughter;
Ryan, Tillie, and Kaylee, Todd's youngest three children. 
The dog is ours--Mowgli.  He decided to be in the picture, too.

Valerie's family who came:  Valerie and Lance Ipson
Kylie, Megan, Jarom, Starla and Evanie, Justin and Tosha

Usually after a Giberson reunion there is one game that we played for the first time and everyone fell in love with .  Former favorites have been "Apples to Apples", "Wits and Wagers", and "Telestrations".  This birthday celebration it was "Reverse Charades", although I did love the chance to play "Ticket to Ride" some of my extended family.  In "Reverse Charades", all of the team acts out simple words or phrases and one of the team tries to guess as many words as possible in a minute.  The team can work together but they can not talk.  It was great fun.

Guess what this is!!!

After we played for about an hour, the younger kids were finally getting into the whole idea and they were so clever and dramatic that the rest of us just set back and let them act away.  Todd served as the reader for the younger kids and helped explained words they didn't know.  In the phrase above, he actually got into the act as well.  Did you guess---it is "The Brady Bunch".  We laughed for about an hour straight as we went through almost the whole deck guessing the words these guys acted out.  The kids are grandchildren--Kylie and Kaylee, Tillie, and Great-grandchild Audrey.

I highly recommend this game for groups and families.  Have fun!