Our annual family reunion on my Dad's side. This is by no means the whole crowd, but a pretty good turnout!
The highschoolers that I still envision as toddlers...
Teresa really took to Uncle Neal. I think he looks & sounds enough like Grandpa to be familiar.
A little Andrew to match our big one.
Memories of Grandma's house almost always involve a buffet spread.
Enjoying/terrorizing the ducks
I think he found those on the ground though I can't be sure he didn't pluck them himself!We had such a nice time being together. There are always so many more I want a chance to see & talk to & reconnect with but we just run out of time. It always makes me reminiscent of days at Grandma's house growing up. I have such happy memories there.
Playing bingo with Jill in the basement, attempting pool on a table with no bumpers left & someone sticking their cue through the ceiling!, the unplanned Thanksgiving "bonfire", hide & seek in the gazebo, HUGE rhubarb plants, dancing the Achy Breaky, cousins parties, the bleeding heart plant by the front door, snakes under the couch, every color of iris you can imagine growing out by the old garage, playing hearts with Uncle Ralph, Grandma drinking coffee out of a measuring cup, chipping my tooth on the faucet at the park across the street, the Fatima statue in the living room, mistaking a glass of prune juice for grape, all of Grandpa's tools hung up meticulously downstairs, serving Grandma's friends chicken salad while they played Sheephead at card club, fruit punch Hi-C & mini Snickers bars in the cupboard, the laundry "chute" door from the bathroom to the laundry room.... so many more!!! Have any fun memories of your Grandma's house to share?
