Hungry people descend upon my home. from different sides of the valley, my family came. each bearing gifts of food.
and offspring:

Then we had a little "intermission" of sorts. A time to recharge our batteries before diving, headlong, into a mass of children. ;)
5:00 PM. We pull into Aunt Joanna's drive. The last to arrive. effectively causing the already loud atmosphere to raise a decibel. or ten.

To our girls, a day just doesn't get any better than this!