Family

My dad is one of ten.

Jeannette, Russell, Bobby, Doris, Billy, Joe, Mark (my dad), Carolyn, Bonnie, and Sandy

Doris and Billy died very young of illnesses we easily treat today.

The two oldest, Aunt Jeannette and Uncle Russ, have also passed away.

Half of the siblings moved down here decades ago - within 45 minutes of each other - and the other 4 stayed in Alabama.

This past week, we got to spend lots of wonderful time with five of the six remaining siblings......along with the cousins who live here and a cousin from Alabama whom I haven't seen in almost 20 years!

I don't what it is about family but I couldn't get enough of them.

The ones that came down from Alabama rented a roomy house with a pool. That gave the kids lots of time to burn off energy and gave Mommy time to catch up!