Family Time

Family get togethers. Here's what ours look like.

A cousin of my parents moved away and came back for a visit.

Thus the reason for the family gathering.

Most of the time we sit around talking.

And talking.

and talking.

And horseshoes?

Yep. Gotta play horseshoes.

Three generations. That's what family gatherings are all about.

Everyone talking, catching up on everything going on in each other's lives.

Oh, and food. What happened to the food? Oh yeah, I was eating, I put the camera down.

Aww, the newlyweds.

The youngest generations is all about playing.

Some wise parent brought balloons and an air pump.

A balloon got stuck on the roof.

Here's a good example of the cousins all playing together.

(The little one was either pretending to sleep, playing dead or throwing a tantrum, I don't remember which).

Also notice youngest DD's reliance on the sling for her broken arm. It's nice to be young.

Then we lit sparklers for all the young ones.

Youngest DD immediately realized she could make shapes.

Mesmerized.

Okay, this is fun. But I wanna catch more lightening bugs.

Small circles. Lets not catch that grass on fire.
(Good thing most of the relatives were firemen.)

Wow! (Scribble, scribble, scribble,) Wow!

Okay, lets hold this thing as far away from my body as possible.

Hmm, I think I could write something with this!

Ohh! How did he make that spark jump like that? Supremely cool!

Love ya!