Kestering

This Thanksgiving, we kept up the tradition of piling 40 people into a very small space (my Grandma's house) where there is one toilet and one tv....It is fabulous and it is called "Kestering."  Really, we LOVE it!

Here are all the Kesters, by blood and marriage.  (There were 3 missing- Sawyer who was sick and napping, Uncle David also sick with a bug, and cousin Alan, who was in NY).
Just FYI: Grandmother has 5 sons, 1 deceased daughter
4 daughter in laws
7 granddaughters
8 grandsons
1 granddaughter-in law
4 grandsons- in law
4 great granddaughters
4 great grandsons

This is Kestrogen - all the Kester girls by blood. 

and....Kestosterone - all the Kester boys by blood. 

This is my Grandma with her 5 sons, and Shelly.  Shelly is my cousin, the daughter of Grandma's only daughter Kathy. Kathy passed away from cancer in her early 20's.  Shelly represents her.  

And, these are the outlaws - all the people married into this amazing, crazy family.  We are so thankful for each of them! 

Just another girl cousin pic - on my right is Amy. Her dad says we're identical! 

This is the small room that we all CRAM into!  

This is Sawyer with Amy (first cousin), Macie (my second cousin) and Annabelle (also my second cousin.)They were so helpful with Sawyer! 

Sawyer was usually the only toddler running around, but Jackson and Madelyn stopped by to say hi. 

with my Aunt Judy 

with my Aunt Denise 

With cousin Elmer 

with second cousin Aaron 

with Granddaddy and Great-Grandma 

with cousin Amber, newly engaged 

with Amy and Uncle Jr. 

This is the newest addition to the Kester family....My cousin Charity's newborn, Jonah....so sweet! 

with Aunt Carrie, trying to wake Uncle Jr. 

with second cousin Kelli 

We left Hunter alone for 6 days, and Sawyer was so happy to see him when we picked him up from the airport. 

I'll post more pics of Sawyer on turkey day. This post might already be a little overwhelming for yall!