I spoke to Betty this AM and we were both feeling a little sad cause it is almost Clayton's Birthday and he is not here...Not much fun celebrating his birthday with him gone...He just ruins everything anymore! So I looked back on old Sisters Blog and found these 2 stories and had to laugh...I posted them just like she wrote them....and it made me laugh...
Thursday, August 10, 2006
THE REUNION
IN THE 80'S MY SISTERS AND I DID FAMILY RESEARCH ON OUR FATHERS FAMILY. WE MEET MANY COUSINS THRO THE MAIL.fLETA AND I DECIDED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. THE ANSWER WAS A FAMILY REUNION, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WERE WILL INTO THEIR EIGHTY. WE INVITED THEM AS WELL AS OUR FAMILY ALSO EVERYONE IN OUR AREA THAT WOULD COME.
WE DON'T LIKE TO LEAVE HOME PLUS IF WE RENTED A HALL IN TOWN THAT WOULD COST MONEY SO I SAID LETS HAVE OUR REUNION IN THE HOUSE WHERE WE GREW UP. MAMA AND DADDY WERE GONE, DEAD I MEAN AND MY BROTHER CLAYTON LIVES IN THE HOUSE.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT A LOT OF THE DISTANT COUSINS WERE COMING WE TOLD CLAYTON WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE REUNION AT HIS HOUSE. CLAYTON SAID FINE AFTER ALL CLAYTON LOVES ALL OF HIS FAMILY.
AS AN AFTER THOUGHT WE MENTIONED THAT ALL THESE 4TH AND 5TH COUSINS WERE COMING ALSO. CLAYTON WAS IN SHOCK.HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.
THEY CAME FROM NORTHERN MO. AS WELL AS TEXAS. ME AND MY SISTERS HAD A GREAT TIME AND CLAYTON HAD TO FEED ALL OF US.
I TOLD CLAYTON THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WERE OLD AND PERHAPS HE SHOULD PUT UP A TENT IN THE YARD FOR SHADE. CLAYTON SAID BY GOD I AM NOT GOING TO RUN A FIRST AID STATION IN MY YARD! THE THREE SISTER HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING AND LOOKING AT ALL THE COUSIN'S FAMILY RECORDS. AFTER THE REUNION WAS OVER AND EVERONE WENT HOME WE DID ALSO AND LEFT CLAYTON TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.
WE DON'T LIKE TO LEAVE HOME PLUS IF WE RENTED A HALL IN TOWN THAT WOULD COST MONEY SO I SAID LETS HAVE OUR REUNION IN THE HOUSE WHERE WE GREW UP. MAMA AND DADDY WERE GONE, DEAD I MEAN AND MY BROTHER CLAYTON LIVES IN THE HOUSE.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT A LOT OF THE DISTANT COUSINS WERE COMING WE TOLD CLAYTON WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE REUNION AT HIS HOUSE. CLAYTON SAID FINE AFTER ALL CLAYTON LOVES ALL OF HIS FAMILY.
AS AN AFTER THOUGHT WE MENTIONED THAT ALL THESE 4TH AND 5TH COUSINS WERE COMING ALSO. CLAYTON WAS IN SHOCK.HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.
THEY CAME FROM NORTHERN MO. AS WELL AS TEXAS. ME AND MY SISTERS HAD A GREAT TIME AND CLAYTON HAD TO FEED ALL OF US.
I TOLD CLAYTON THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WERE OLD AND PERHAPS HE SHOULD PUT UP A TENT IN THE YARD FOR SHADE. CLAYTON SAID BY GOD I AM NOT GOING TO RUN A FIRST AID STATION IN MY YARD! THE THREE SISTER HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING AND LOOKING AT ALL THE COUSIN'S FAMILY RECORDS. AFTER THE REUNION WAS OVER AND EVERONE WENT HOME WE DID ALSO AND LEFT CLAYTON TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.
1 comment:
What a brother he was!
So good to all!
Always saying what you needed to hear.
Always had a ear to listen so you would
feel better after seeing him. Never
disagreeing out loud! Never really
knowing what he thought!
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