We are lucky to have Gary--John's cousin--as the local family historian. He put together a slide show that covered about 100 years of Mack and Crystal (John's grandparents) and their descendants. It was fun to watch from the homestead, to the forties, to the 60's, through the 80's until now covering weddings, births, funerals and just general silliness. It was a celebration of life.
Lexie Dell (who is normally just Lexie except when back home with family), and the twins (Brenda and Kenda) took me to Capitan for Smokey the Bear days where we shopped tents and watched the parade. This was the first time I'd ever gotten to hang out with them. I've heard stories over the years about Lexie Dell's mom (also Lexie, Crystal and Mack's daughter). She was the fun one--impish and full of life. I learned this weekend it is something she passed on to her daughter and granddaughters. They were fantastic!
Of course, it was also really great to hang out with our own family: John's dad and Maidie, his sister, Cheryl, and Troy, Rhonda and the girls along with Bryn's husband, Jason. So rarely are we all together, and there doesn't even need to be anything special happening. It just feels good to be in each other's presence.
The only thing missing from the weekend were Chase and Bethany (who got tied up with school/work conflicts). One thing is for sure, we definitely plan to do it again.
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