Gathering Up

I love having all of my family around. A year and a half ago my big bro Jim moved to Minnesota. But for the past 3+ weeks he has been home on an extended visit. So last Thursday, I decided to take advantage of having everyone in the area and invited my whole family over for supper. Wonderfully, no had anything else going on and were all able to come, even with such short notice. We cooked hot dogs, hamburgs and a few sausage and I threw some potato salad together. Mom brought a watermelon and it was a miracle-of-the-food. (I love it when that happens.) All of us kids are so rarely in the same spot at once anymore, so we obviously had to pose for a family photo. Unfortunately, my camera lens was smudged for the family shots, but you can still see through the blur, so these will have to suffice for me. And hey, everyone is actually looking in the group shot! That is a miracle in it's self. Since Jim has decided to stay until the end of June-ish, maybe we'll have a chance to gather up again. I hope...