heat, dust and lots of family

Last Saturday, we were invited to my mother's father's family reunion.  It was a very hot day, so I was not in any particular hurry to get there.  I had a hair appointment at lunch time, so when I returned we left for the reunion. 

It was at a park close to where I grew up.  It is a very nice park, but as I said it was VERY HOT that day.  The boys were looking forward to playing wiffle ball with some of my first cousins.  Of course, we were late, and most of the guests had already been there for a few hours.  I asked two of my first cousins (who are considerably younger than me...about 20 years) to play wiffle ball with the boys. 

They were reluctant at first, but I asked them again nicely.  Luckily, they agreed and went off to play wiffle ball with the boys on the very dusty baseball field.  The boys enjoyed playing wiffle ball, but everyone was getting drained from the sun after an hour.  They made their way back to the pavilion and they looked dehydrated.  I told them to drink something. 

SJ was fascinated with a grid ground cover that was on the tennis courts.  There were some pieces missing, so SJ busied himself "fixing" the missing pieces.  Bob was playing with Isaac and some of the other younger cousins who were there. 

After two hours, we decided to pack it in and head home.  Bob wanted to stay and play more wiffle ball, but no one was willing to bake in the sun.  We stopped for food on the way home and waited for my aunt's family to come over for an evening visit.

My aunt's family stopped over around 8 p.m.  They visited us until 10 and then my one cousin, John, stayed the night.  He is the oldest of my aunt's kids, but he is still only 21.  The boys went to bed and John stayed up and watched a movie with my husband and me.

It was nice to have John stay with us.  I think it is great for the boys to spend time with extended family.  It helps them know us better and it teaches them about where there heritage comes from.