Monday, August 31, 2009

Family Camping!

I find it weird sometimes how our family has began to do more 'family events'. It seems as though once a month I get together with four brothers for lunch and once a month I get together with the majority of the family for some random reason. Thinking back it doesn't seem like we got together this often before, perhaps it was because I was in high school or college and for some reason too 'busy' to get together. Sadly I sometimes think that the passing of our mother was an eye opener to many of us. We realized the importance of family - even though we don't all get along the greatest - we still enjoy spending time just together.

Pictures from family camping weekend:

Camp fire popcorn was a hit:
Campfire!
Uncle Rudy makes the best cookies EVER!

2 comments:

Ella said...

I agree, the family gets together more now. I also agree that your Mother's death was a HUGE wake-up call that so many of the things so many of us were sweating before was small stuff. I personally believe - truly believe - God lets your mother look in on us and when she sees what's going on she smiles and is happy that her death has drawn us together. And she knows and we know, we will all be with her again someday.

Ella said...

Me again. Just want to clarify - I don't think it is good that your Mother passed away so young. We need her and miss her. I just know that I've asked God to let her know that I'm sorry for things I did when she was alive and I really feel like she's aware of us and is watching over us. In fact, I believe she's there when we get together. It's part of the love we feel.