Family Reunion

This weekend Me, Mike & Anne Marie headed out to a family reunion. This was with my Dad's side of the family -- and I just love getting together with them -- it's just a great way to stay close to my Dad in some ways. It's not always easy, because it's a reminder that he (& my Nanny) is no longer with us, but it's also a blessing because it helps me keep my Dad's & Nanny's memories alive for Anne Marie, and that is very important to me. We had a GREAT time. Saturday was an all-day picnic. Everyone brought great foods and we stayed all day - we had lunch & dinner. The kids played on the play-grounds, swam in the park pool, they road the paddle-boats around the lake, and just plain goofed off & had fun. Wow!

These kids are growing up sooo fast!! We were sad that some people couldn't make it & hopefully next year everyone can get there...but it was still a GREAT time!

The group of the great-grand-kids.

And....just in case anyone was worried that Naomi & Anne Marie felt a little "left-out" because they are SOOOO much younger than the rest of the clan -- well, I'm about to hire each one of my cousins children to come & live with us in 3 month spurts -- because my child has never gotten SO much attention!! I don't think she had to walk more than 1/2 a step before someone was willing to carry her, she didn't have to worry about me fixing her meals, because someone was ready to help her & she didn't worry about getting bored, because someone was always ready to take her to the play-ground, play around the lake or just sit with her.

Gotta love these big kids -- they are just wonderful!