My sisters flew into town to hang out with Dad this week...so on Wednesday, they all trekked to our house. Mom, Dad, my two sisters, brother, sis-in-law...and my aunt and uncle met them at my house.
We celebrated Dad's birthday with some cake...
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| Happy 77th Dad! |
Visited, told stories, laughed....
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| Me and my SIL, Penny. She is laughing her way through breast cancer (and beating it like a boss). |
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| Mom, Dad, and Me |
Aunt Bobby and Uncle Jerry brought Dad a 9 foot cotton sack. Daddy used to pick cotton, and he said as a kid he could carry a 12 foot sack! They would pick cotton and fill up these HUGE sacks. Crazy!
I haven't seen my sisters since our wedding (almost 3 years ago) and it was about 1.5 years since I had seen Aunt Bobby. It was FABULOUS to all be together again.
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| Sisters |
My siblings are "half siblings" as we are all only related by my dad (he had 4 marriages...and a kid in each one!), but we share so many common threads and memories. It is fun to get together.
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| Brother (Roy), me, Dad, Paula, Aunt Bobby, and Christie |
They are all much closer in age, so they are a bit closer to one another....I'm the bratty kid sister that came along when they were teens and adults! ha!
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| Dad with his kids- oldest to youngest. |
But we love each other just the same.
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| The whole family! |
I am so blessed by my family!
Okay, this is cool... my daddy grew up pickin' cotton, too! How neat! That sack is incredible!
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful family! Happy belated birthday wishes to your Dad!
Super neat about the cotton sack! I've never seen one before, except in old photos.
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