1000 Water Ballons

This weekend, we had much of our family together for the first time since Vicki passed away. We gathered to celebrate new life and a new future in Alexander, Cherissa and Lucas' newborn baby boy. I am thankful that our family gathers quickly to celebrate such events. You have to work at family and they give their best to enjoy each other's milestones.

I got to see all of my 7 grand kids together on Saturday. Larry and Suzie came to pick up Brandon, who has been staying with me for a week. And, Carol ran the show. She was determined that our first time back together since the funeral would be fun. She went to Wal-Mart and bought water guns, water toys and big bubble making machines. She also bought and filled 1000 water balloons! That took two days! She wanted to have everyone laughing and playing war with water balloons, and it happened.

The yard was filled with laughter and fun. The kitchen was filled with BBQ and the family celebrated a new baby with lots of pictures together. Alexander was passed around as children played in the outdoor pool on the back porch that Carol bought for the little kids.

There were a few tears as Alexander was held when thoughts and talk turned to missing Vicki during this fun, but there was also much thanks for family and for a new little baby. I was thankful to see Carol healing and to see her help the rest of us to heal.

Wish you could have seen the joy of throwing water balloons at each other. Young and old had a blast!