Labor Day weekend was this past weekend in the US. It was nothing to be noted here. In fact, our kids started school the day
before. So while friends at home took
trips to lakes, we spent two days in school.
Honestly, the kids loved it. To
each his own.
But since it was Labor Day weekend, I’ve seen pop-ups and
reminders on my devices of how I spent last Labor Day weekend. Nearly my entire family met in Wewoka, Oklahoma
to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of my grandparents. Not everyone stayed the whole weekend, but we
did get to see many people. There were
cousins, aunts, uncles, great aunts, and great uncles. We took the kids on a hike to find fossils,
we had a spades tournament, we held a reception at their church, we talked, and
we played many impromptu games of Rook.
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| Grandma and Pa opening their photo book. |
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| A snapshot of the |
It was a fun, busy weekend; but that doesn’t mean that it
wasn’t without its challenges. My
grandparents had bought the house next door shortly before our weekend. This meant we had even more rooms to use, but
we are a large family! I made a
spreadsheet of where everyone would sleep only to find out that I needed to
change it because these people would only be there these days, these people may
not stay overnight at all, etc. In the
end, the sleeping arrangements were somewhat ignored. The hike took too long and took up spades
tournament time. We all ended up with
ticks after the hike. My sister and I
even got into a huge argument during the tournament which ended in the game
ending and me walking by myself to the church to begin setting up.
But looking back, it was fun to sit and catch up while kids
played somewhere else. The kids enjoyed
cousin time with extended cousins they don’t see much. Some of us took a Pokémon walk down the
street to a local church for a raid battle (we lost). The hike and fossils really were cool. I saw some of my uncle’s old stomping
grounds, which was a fund glimpse into his past. The food was yummy and plentiful. Some of the men played basketball with some
local kids and sent them home with some of the extra food. We took other extra food to some local senior
citizens since the senior center wouldn’t be open the next day. Playing cards is always a good time.
My grandparents didn't want gifts, but I made a photo book for them of
“All because two people fell in love." It had pictures of all the family
members that are here today because of my grandparents. It was a fun project of love that I couldn’t
have completed without everyone’s help in sending me pictures to use. If you're interested in doing a similar project, I use Shutterfly to create my photo books. Their site is easy to use, and they always have discount codes. I usually only pay shipping (which can be high), but I have paid absolutely nothing before.
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