The first time I met Seymour’s extended family was at his annual family reunion. He has a big family. I know people always think they have a big family (I sure thought so, even though I was including my grandma’s brother’s family in my head count), but Seymour really does – his dad was one of 13 kids. Reunions always used to be held at a nearby state park due to the number of people who’d come and, while it seems like fewer people have come the last couple of years, there’s still quite a crowd.
So we pull into this park and start looking around. There are people everywhere, but he can’t see anyone he recognizes, and the only people there that I know aside from him and our kids are his parents. Finally, he turns to me and says, “Are we in the right place?”
I looked at him like, Really? You’re asking me? and said, “How the heck should I know? This is your family – I’ve never met any of these people!”
He kept scanning the crowd and a moment later said, “Oh! There’s Uncle Robert – we’re in the right place.”
When your family’s that big, it makes it hard to get together often, but this year we seem to be getting together more often than normal. Today we attended the third funeral on Seymour’s side of the family in almost as many months. There was also a wedding and soon it’ll be time for the annual Christmas celebration, but these more somber events seem to be occurring more and more frequently. I love getting together with family, but I’m always sorry when it’s for reasons like this.
Of course, our day with family wasn’t all sorrow. Cricket’s godmother and her husband welcomed their first baby home this past Sunday, and we stopped by to see the little guy on our way back home. He’s a happy, healthy miniature version of his daddy, and I can’t wait to get to know him better as he grows up.
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 
A swarm of relatives — I like that!
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It would have been fun to get a shot of a swarm of Rebel fans after today’s championship game, too, but I couldn’t make it to any of the football festivities.
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I’m impressed at how creative Photo 101ers have been with this theme. I’m a day behind anyway, but, so far, I got nothin’ for “swarm.” 😦
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There are so many possibilities for this prompt! I saw someone mention a swarm of cats, and I actually have a few photos of swarms of cats, but none of them are very good (my ex-husband’s mother has north of 50 cats on her farm, and those are just the outside ones – there are more inside).
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Hi,
What an innovative thought!!! Swarmed by the family. lol…. It happens sometimes with me too!
Hey, your tag line is great. Keep it up. All the best.
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Thanks! You can’t beat family. I’ll be glad for Lent, though, when the family fish fries start up again and we all have a happy reason to get together. 🙂
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True. Family is one continuous support system which is the backbone of our life.
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Indeed. Of course, friends are the family we choose, and I wouldn’t be without them, either! Now if only more of them lived closer… 😀
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World is a small place and an extended family.
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Yes, it is. Here’s to the extension of family! 🙂
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Amen
Your family got extended today. I followed your blog. lol…
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Aww, thank you! 🙂
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I don’t have a swarm, but I do have a plague of family.
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A plague, eh? That’s one I haven’t heard before.
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