Family Gathering

We had a wonderful family gathering this weekend. The entire Procita side of the family gathered in Hickory this weekend. Unfortunately I don't have any of the pictures at the moment. I made two trips to the airport on Friday to gather the Brown and Kitlas families. I haven't seen them in several years. I finally got to meet my cousin's baby, Nathan. He's going on 2 and has the cutest head of blond curls. I had a great conversation with my forever-a-student cousin about education - her specialty. She gains more degrees in it but hasn't spent time in the trenches of a classroom yet. She has so much to learn from real life!

We celebrated three different graduations by the various girls of the family. My sister-in-law is now officially Dr. April. Courtney wants to be police officer so she can carry a gun. Felicia might just go back for another degree if she can't find a job. We had a photo shoot on Saturday afternoon - which brought out all the old pictures of the cousins in group photos. Zeke and Jasmine recognized their dad in every picture but had a hard time finding Joe and myself. We ate for about four hours straight and the neighbors were probably surprised to hear so much noise coming from our normally quiet house. Overall it was a great weekend and time with family. I hear the other side of the family will be gathering while I'm in Canada - sadness. I haven't seen that side of the family in more years than this side of the family.

Sadly we were one member short. My sister-in-law, Jen, lost her grandfather on Thursday. She was so torn about where to go, but ended up with her side of the family. Fortunately Tim and the kids made it to us in one piece. I was a little worried about Tim traveling with his young daughter - especially during potty stops. They made it without much trouble - just a few fun stories. I'll post pictures as soon as I get my copies of them.