Before the reunion, we took the kids to our town's Annie Oakley parade in the morning. In my opinion, it would be more aptly named "The Shriners Parade," as we saw an "Annie Oakley" on a horse, and about 100 Shriners in little cars. It ocurred to us that this parade (maybe all parades?) was basically an excuse for grown men to act like kids again and make a lot of noise in their expensive toys - with an audience to boot! But since handfuls of candy were liberally strewn through the streets, and we left covered with potitical stickers, the kids all gave it 2 thumbs up. From there we headed to Danny's family reuinion, hosted by his Uncle John, where we had a really good time in spite of the heat and mugginess. There was a huge yard for the kids to play in, and - most importantly - lots and lots of food! Below are some action shots of the kids playing in the sprinkler and the pool. Rachel tried her hand at both badminton and digital photography, and did fairly well on the latter. She took a lovely pic of Grandma and Great-Grandma (although Grandma's smile could use a little work).
Some family shots from the reunion:
Five cousins: Karis, Rachel, Quinn, Ian and Zekers accompanied by a large black dog
Our family after five hours of sweating and about 58 trips to the bathroom!
Great-Grandpa & Great-Grandma Shipper with the kiddos
6 comments:
I think there were more than 100 Shriners in that parade, Charity!
What I thought was funny is that there were only three HS marching bands and yet two of them played the same song~~ "Hang on Sloopy!"
Love small town life though...so good to see you yesterday!
hey, that's a pretty good family pic! perhaps we'll see it on a christmas card this winter?????
nevermind - that was stupid.
you'll obviously want to get all FOUR of your children in the picture.
sheesh
I just crossed Rachel off my Christmas list........I didn't think she could actually take a picture.
anna - i think the marching bands got tired and dropped out by the time the parade got to us! the only band we saw was playing songs by my chemical romance. i guess at least it wasn't "hang on sloopy"! it was great to see you & bob, too!
d - my reason for not wanting that pic on a christmas card is much more vain than that . . . i just noticed i'm the only one in sunglasses. Aaagghhh! but yeah, we'll probably want the baby in the picture, too. :-)
ma - we had three great pix of you sticking your tongue out, but this was definitely the best! (i was going to use it as blackmail)
And you being in sunglasses is ...unusual??? Think 'wedding exit!' mm
By the way, looks like Rach could be a real badminton player!
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