Playing in the creek with cousins...
Old Helm's Creek where Meme played as a child (nature's air conditioning in the summertime)...
Picking blackberries along the creek bank with cousins...
Eating on the back porch of the farmhouse with cousins...
Riding the red wagon down the hillside and across the bridge with the cousins...
Running and hiding from cousins in the corn crop as twilight descends...
Holding baby cousins...
Carrying small cousins...
Riding the 4-wheeler all over Dadoo's old farmstead with cousins...
Standing in the pinata line with the cousins...
Seeing how many relatives can get on a swing before it breaks...
Forming an old-fashion assembly line in the garden...
Picking plumb potatoes in the potato patch...
Playing football in the old cotton field...(I warned those boys about the red bugs in that field)...
And swinging cousins on the old tire swing in the same front yard Meme played on as a little girl...
Praying together as a family because Dadoo and MeMomma passed the gift of prayer down to their nine children who passed it down to their children who continue to pass it down to their children...
Eating good country home cooking as a family...
My big chicks all in a row...
Kissing cousins..
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And sleeping cousins...
And I (the official photographer) did make it into one photo...with my adopted daughter Julie, who thinks she's small enough to sit on my lap...
May God richly bless you and your families with good food, good health, and good living.
This post brought a great big smile to my face. It reminds me so much of my childhood in P.R. You are very blessed!!!
Posted by: Ruth | May 28, 2007 at 08:25 AM
It looks like a lovely and rich family reunion!
Posted by: Paula in MN | May 28, 2007 at 09:33 AM
Wonderful pics - looks like everyone there had a wonderful time - love your new header photo - and I LOVE the fine legs of that baby sleeping in the green stroller!!! :))))
Posted by: Cheryl M. | May 28, 2007 at 09:54 PM
Great pictures, Cay! And, I love your new banner!
Posted by: Donna | May 29, 2007 at 05:08 AM
How wonderful! This post reminds me so much of my childhood summers with cousins in Pennsylvania. So fun.
Beautiful new banner!
Posted by: Kristen Laurence | May 29, 2007 at 04:26 PM
This is great! What fun! I love the look here, too and your banner picture!
Posted by: Suzanne Temple | May 30, 2007 at 08:58 AM
Oh my goodness what fun! In every single picture, the little girl inside of me was saying, "HEY! I want to do that!"
I never had cousins like your family...what an incredible blessing and FUN time!
Posted by: Andrea | May 30, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Great photos, Cay! Lovely times and wonderful memories, I certain.
Posted by: Jennifer | June 02, 2007 at 12:29 PM