Hark-O Familia!

(Yes Chelsea I stole your blog title hee hee)

Families are a bit crazy and let me tell you my extended family is no exception. To begin with I should explain that my mother is the youngest of 13 kids and who produced 71 grand kids and hundreds (yes you read that right) of great and great-great grand kids). The tally in attendance was just over 200!

It is funny how much it has changed over the years, when I was little I could name everyone there and now its starting to get hard to keep track of everyone. Looking around I couldn't name a lot of the little kids but I could usually figure out what family they belong to.

The reunion had a Mexican theme (thus the post title) with yummy Mexican food, dancing, clothing and even pinatas! And although not Mexican it wouldn't be a Harker reunion without water activities.

Porter liked the water slide although he didn't seem to when he was being tossed down it (Thanks for the help Uncle Justin and Cousin Gary). He kept wanting to go again and again.

It was hard to get a picture of everyone since there was always so much going on in different places but these to pictures give you a small idea.....

Each family made a pinata - ours made this "H" which won first place! The plastic bats
took for ever to break the pinatas, especially with little tykes like Porter helping out but it was a good thing considering the number of kids who wanted a turn taking a swing at them!


Even some of the adults got in on the pinata action.
My mom got a little crazy attacking the pig....


The race to grab candy was crazy- fortunately there was plenty to go around.


Thanks so much Uncle Ferrin and Family for hosting this years event-
Can't wait to see everybody next year!