Over the next two weeks or so I'm going to do some major blog recapping of summer events. I'm not completely sure how I got so far behind, but I did. And when I look back at this baby in 10 years, I want to remember what's been going on. So hang in there with me.
In July we headed for the family reunion for the crazy folks on my dad's side of the family. We're a good story related to the quote I kicked this blog off with. When we were little, our family had get togethers all the time---Christmas in Tatum, summers at the lake, Easter, on and on. But then everyone sort of got busy and lived different places and had kids doing different things---band, soccer, FFA, sports, and it just got hard to see each other. When our cousin Ted died about 5 years ago and we went to the funeral, my dad and his cousins realized that if we didn't take action, we'd only be seeing each other at funerals from then on. Luckily, there was a family wedding coming up a few months later in Santa Fe. We all made it a point to go and it was seriously the most fun wedding I've ever been to. Since then, every summer, our family has gotten together. We rotate between the 5 cousins in my dad's generation who hosts each year, but we make it a point to get everyone together every summer for a happy occasion. It's easy to make excuses... it's hard to get schedules coordinated and people always have to drive and motels are expensive, but you really do have to intentionally make time for your family. Because really, that's what matters more than all the other busy crap we let take over our lives.
Anyway, back to the story of this reunion. We kicked things off on Friday with the wedding dress shopping extravaganza you previously read about (no, still no hints on which of the final two I picked!) Then we headed to Southern NM for the big event. My dad's cousins were hosting this year and said we could have the reunion in their "shop." So I was thinking we'd be in some greasy, dirty, hot, shop for the 12 hours of fun.
Yea, I was wrong.
Our cousins built the shop to end all shops. It was huge, air conditioned, you could have eaten off the floor, there was a huge bathroom, a kitchen, a living area, and then the enormous shop portion. They did it up right.
It was everything a family reunion should be. BBQ, cold drinks, laughing, old photos, a birthday cake for Aunt Edith's 90th, funny stories, a bouncy house, good memories, some darts, a little napping, some dancing....
I know everything thinks that they've got the best family, but I've just got to tell you, I wouldn't trade being part of this one!
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I'm putting a shop on my wish list for my next house now! Wo-Man cave!
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