Family, family everywhere!!

We did have a good time this past weekend in Gatesville at the Huckabee family reunion. Thanks to my sister & niece and some cousins, I think it was a rousing success. Becky came here Thursday night to finish up some of the displays, including one large one of the family tree. I helped her a bit and it was very useful in learning who some of my ancestors were. I always knew there was a Grandfather Abraham somewhere, but there he was...my great, great, great grandfather. And I have a greatgrandpa Elijah Caleb too.

Anyway, we had lots and lots of cousins and the display board helped us all figure out how we were connected. Many I don't remember ever meeting, but some I had maybe 40 years ago. We had a good turn out of cousins from Grandpa Ed (my dad's father). Hadn't seen some of them since '94, and some farther back than that. We did a lot of catching up and hope to stay in touch. Had a good time watching Aunt Wanda play at Pearl as Andra mentioned. Some real good music to be had out there. We will have to go back since it is really only about an hour from us and they do it every month.

And Sadee had a good time as you can see from Andra's site. She swam in the pool and took in all the company. We even had a small jam session at the hotel with Zach (my cousin's son who has cut a few albums), cousin Tom & I.

Lar and I went to Granbury yesterday a.m. and managed to hit town just as they were having a parade. We promptly left the downtown area and ate out on the highway and messed around a while to wait for the crowds to subside. Then we went back downtown and went in a few shops. We managed to find a couple of things Lar bought me for my b/d. An antique bench, which will be cool as a coffee table, and a small iron table for the back porch that I have been eyeing for over a year. Nice of them to have it on sale for me.

Back at home yesterday, we had a visit from a 5' long racer snake. Didn't stay long, tho. And last night we had a raccoon up on the porch checking out the cat food. He didn't much like it. Tonight our neighbors had us over for supper and suprised me with a little birthday stuff. We watched the deer, fox and birds feed while we ate. That was nice. Afterwards, we took a ride up by Lar's new office and discovered about 20 black cows on the road. They had gotten out of a pasture the Water District owns and has leased to someone. So Lar & I jumped in his truck and called folks and went to round them up. You can't really see black cows at night on the road. They all went back without incident.

So that is the saga of my life. Tomorrow I have to go find fabric to recover my new bench. Fun stuff and another project. I must have a project...maybe I should finish the last one first? Nah.