Family at End of Year

Niece Kathie had the brilliant idea of getting us together before the year ended. She, Bob, and Beth carpooled from the middle of the state for part of the trip. Niece Julie and Mike had the dog Gumball with them. It was so rewarding to relax and catch up on everyone’s news.

I often take photos of people at the table, but the sun was not cooperative. It was shining much too brightly. No one wanted to shut out the sun on a very cold day, so they agreed to pose in another room.

Above are my brother Bob, wife Beth, Mike with niece Julie, and niece Kathie. Gumball posed, too!

Increasingly, I miss parts of conversations in groups because my hearing is fading. I have a story to repeat, but it has holes in it. Kathie and son Max flew to Texas for a few days to be with her late husband’s family. Someone (hole one) ordered two boxes of snowballs for someone else (hole two). Yes! Snowballs!! It really doesn’t matter who was involved. Children in that part of Texas don’t have snow, or certainly not enough to make snowballs. In the evening, when the temperature had cooled off, they opened the snowballs and began throwing them at each other. It didn’t last very long, because the balls were very hard, perhaps hurtfully so. Waiting a bit, they really let loose and had a rousing snowball fight. The idea of buying balls of snow tickled my fancy. They bought an experience that is not normal for that area. What fun!

We’ve now texted each other, so I know all have safely returned home.