It’s a family reunion!
My family doesn’t really have family reunions on my dad’s side. It’s kind of sad because there are 12 siblings. On my mom’s side, we just happen to reunite if we go visit Alabama at the same time. My brother and I are going to try to plan one for our dad’s side since we haven’t seen most of our cousins in almost 10 years. We’re trying to decide if it should be in the location of origin (granddaddy is still in Mississippi) or if it should be where most of the family is (Houston, TX). We were also considering doing something different and having it during the colder months to let us snowbirds get out of the cold and it will be a time not consumed with summer vacations.
This past weekend, I enjoyed Corbin’s family reunion. I had already met his parents, brothers, neices and nephews, and some cousins, but this time I got to meet even more of his cousins. Everybody was really nice and it was kind of refreshing to see them all enjoying each others’ company.
Friday, we went bowling and back to his parents’ house for convo, fish and shrimp (fantastic), and bones (dominoes). Saturday morning, I had breakfast and went shopping with his aunt and cousin in Frankenmuth while the boys went golfing. Then, we went to the cookout where all of the little kids LOVED Cooli and kept picking him up, but he never nipped at anyone. He just gave me the sad face like “mom, help”. Then, we drove back to Detroit and rode on the Detroit Princess with his cousins and brother. There are 3 levels of seating and dance floors. It was nice, but the music was just not doing it for me. I had more fun just out on the deck talking with Corbin. Then, all of us flocked to MGM Grand Casino to “make some money back”. We had some success and just went home.
Sunday, we didn’t wake up until about 2pm, smh. We ran to Corbin’s Favorite restaurant, The Clique before his review session. I caught up a little with my brother and he told me about his sky diving experience, and the movie Jesus Camp and recommended a few others. I then drove back home and stopped by Steak ‘n Shake where I was so into the fantasticity of the Banana Split Milkshake and all of its 435 Calories that I missed my exit on the freeway!! That was a great way to finish off the great weekend I had with the new fam?.