Ten years ago, my sister, brother, and I all were together. Since then we've seen each other lots of times, just not all 3 of us together at once! At that time, we were all in our 30's for a short time. So, in light of my sister's upcoming 50th birthday, we all got together again (a 10 year reunion?) at my parent's house. Now we have a photo of all of us in our 30's and this one with us all in our 40's. My sister's birthday is June 3, so there's only a few more days of 40's left! Here we are (left). My brother, Herb, turned 40 on November 23. We had a great time talking, shopping, crusing the old neighorhood, playing games and enjoying some family time! Harrison joined us on Sunday (he went to some friend's cottage and then to the Red Wings game on Saturday night in Detroit - they were kind enough to drop him off in Saginaw on their way back up to the cottage!).
Here we are playing Michigan Rummy. We were grateful for a Memorial weekend that included decent weather! It seems like Memorial weekend often includes chilly weather and rain, so this was a blessing! I was the "big" winner at Michigan Rummy (I think I made $1.17 - we play for pennies). Mom made all of us a birthday cake and gave us some gifts. My dad's favorite watch for Herb, my mother's diamond ring that was an anniversary gift for Dort, and my mom's gold and diamond watch for me. It was very thoughtful of her and I think she'll enjoy seeing us make use of these things!
Dort left to go back to Maryland this morning. Herb is visiting friends around the state and may come to GR for a short stay at the end of the week. More pictures if he does! On that note - thanks to K for trusting me with your precious daughter today! I haven't hung out with a 2-year-old in a while and it was fun! She's so sweet and smart! I really enjoyed her joy in life - it's amazing how easily she smiles and laughs! She has a great sense of humor for one so young!!
3 comments:
What a great memory you have made. I am sure your mom was so thrilled to have all of her children with her at once. And how nice of her to give you all those meaningful gifts. I always love seeing friends siblings. Whenever you have brought them up, I always have a picture in my mind of what they look like, and as usual, it is never what they actually do look like. So thank you so much for sharing the story and photos.
I'm glad you guys had a nice weekend! That was really sweet of Grandma to give those things and make you guys a birthday cake.
Looks like you had a great time with your siblings -- too much fun to only do every decade, if you ask me!
Thanks so much for taking care of Katie yesterday -- it was very spontaneous and we so appreciated it!
The boys got a kick out of Katie not liking the term "brother" for Harrison...I guess it's always something with a 2 year old!
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