Family reunion

Every year, give or take a few summers, my mom's siblings and their kids (and their kids) get together for a little reunion. This may not sound like much, but since my mom is one of seven kids, and each of them has two or three kids of their own, and most of us "kids" are parents now... well, it gets pretty busy. And we've never had a complete set. Whoever is in Ottawa or nearby tries to make it. But there are others who are in BC or Alberta or the states or Toronto (that far off place!), so they save their pennies for weddings (which is where we all get to meet in one spot, generally).

Anyhow, my mom used to host these events in her back yard (which, at the time, was my back yard, too). Since my mom sold the house, my cousin Scott and his gracious wife, Darlene, have taken up the duties (they are saints: they have six children, including 20-month old twins).

So this weekend, we headed out to Farhaven... I mean Barrhaven, to the big house with the big yard and the big pool. While the weather wasn't fantastic (about 20C and cloudy and rainy), we were lucky enough that there were only a few short-lived showers. Few of us got wet—except for those brave few who went into the pool. The brave few included a bunch of kids and me, the only "adult."

Here are two pics that my cousin Debralee snapped with her snazy new camera. I would post more, but I didn't bring my camera (which uses film, so I wouldn't have the pics ready for another month or so anyway).

Derek, me, my mom, Solanne, and Maïa



My gorgeous kids