Family galore!

Hope your Memorial Day weekend was as wonderful as ours – it was filled with family and despite the threatening weather, we managed to have a great time.

The Woman’s sister Barb and nieces Jenny and Deanna, along with Deanna’s family rented a cabin for the evening. Austin and Ashlyn spent as much time as possible in the pool (nicely heated to 84 degrees), and then afterward, we spent the evening around a roaring campfire. After roasting some hot dogs and brats, out came the chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers, and the smores flew everywhere. Except for the horrendous smore accident (I was roasting the most perfect evenly browned marshmallow for the Woman, and when I pulled it from the fire to check it, it fell on my knee – yikes!), everyone had a blast.

The next day was family day with the Woman’s aunt and cousins. Cousin Craig and his wife Mary Fran hosted a barbecue at their new home on the west side of the cities. Aunt Dorothy enjoyed getting together with her brother Jim (Robin’s dad), and Robin had a nice time catching up with them, as well as cousin’s Mark and Diane. If only Gary and Barb were able to join, it would have been a complete set of the Miller/Alshouse cousins.

After a rousing game of ladder ball on the (cousin Diane and I just squeaked out a one point win over the Woman and cousin Mark), we called an official end to the very successful holiday weekend activities.

Talk to you soon!