Family Ties

Well, I have some sad news. My great grandmother, Joan passed away this month. She was 83. At least she and I got to meet and had some great times. I am sure she will be up there in heaven watching over me and my cousins. We will miss her. She was fun to be around. This is a photo of her dancing with one of her grandchildren, my Dad's cousin Jason.

We all went to her funeral and I got to meet and play with my cousins. You remember Susan Kate, she was the one that started this whole blog thing. Well she and my Uncle Alex and Aunt Kimberly were there. So were my uncle Seth and aunt Brandi. I also got to meet a new cousin, Jacob. He is named after our great-great grandfather. He is my Dad's cousin Lynn's little boy. He is a little younger than Susan Kate and me, but he kept right up with us. Here is a picture of us at a church reception, playing in the ice chest. Boy the people at the church sure were nice. They fed us and everything.

Even though it was a sad time, it was a good time too, because eveyone in the family was there. We had meals together and Susan Kate and I helped ourselves to reorganizing the box of Big Red. For those of you who haven't been to Texas, Big Red is sort of a cream soda strawberry drink that is really sweet. Here we are playing with the cans, until one of them split a seam, that is, and red soda started flying everywhere. My Uncles were all running from the spray. Thanks to Mom, she got it cleaned up real quick, but SK and I were sure we were in trouble. Well, I think eveyone was in a forgiving mood, because we dodged that one. Mimi, that is my grandma, she even thought it was funny. Not sure what Gator (my grandpa) would have thought. Anyway, despite the sadness of the occasion we had a great time being together. Thanks, Floy (that's what everyone called my great grandmother). We will miss you. Love, Thomas