The day was great... the food was delicious... the house was crowded... After stuffing our faces, we sat down to enjoy each other's company... and played a game of Outburst! I don't recall who suggested it; but, we played guys vs. gals... and the guys won.
On Friday, the two Jeff's went out shopping... Dad, Janice and Tina spent time recovering... and I headed to Lafayette. I picked up Joe, Colbyn, Meghan and Timothy... and we spent a few hours hiking at Happy Hollow Park. Jim met us there with Seth and Emily...
We left the park to go grab a bite to eat at Ryan's Steakhouse... While there, Missy joined us with Cooper and Morgan. We all had a good time -- the kids liked playing Family HangMan (Hangman where all the puzzles are first, middle and surnames of family members).
On Saturday we went and picked out the grave blankets for Harv and Mother. I joined Dad, Janice, Tina, Zoie and Justis to see Happy Feet. It was cute... The two Jeff's shopped while we were in the theater.
I relaxed at Tina's... while they (joined by Jenni and Tommy) went up to see what damage they could do at the Casino Boats...
We took off to Lafayette on Sunday to put the blankets on the graves... Janice, Amanda, Justis and Amari proceeded home from there...
Dad, Tina and I stopped by Little Jeff's where we waited for the two Jeff's to arrive. We had a short visit, got to listen to Jeff Jr's plan for fixing his place.
Dad and I then went to Dani's to visit her and Mike's clan... Missy, Morgan and Cooper were there... Harv and his clan met us there... we visited a while there and then headed on to Heather's to see her and her clan.
So the family tree is weighty... based on the branches and limbs, this is how the family is composed:
- Harv's Branch: 19
- Missy's limb: 2
- Heather's limb: 4
- Harv's limb: 3
- Dani's limb: 4
- Janice's Branch: 5
- Kevin's limb: 0
- Amanda's limb: 2
- My Branch: 1
- Tina's Branch: 4
- Jeff's limb: 0
- Jenni's limb: 0
- Dee's Branch: 12
- Rachel's limb: 4
- Kelly's limb: 2
My total nieces and nephews (including spouses): 15
My total grand-nieces and grand-nephews: 21
And I am thankful that they are all healthy. And quite fun to be around. I enjoyed the visit tremendously.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again for the Christmas party... and then... it's off to Hawaii!
