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Eighteen, eleven, seven, two…
This week started with eighteen people, cousins, sisters, a brother, some boyfriends, all celebrating the holiday season and my father’s eightieth year. We ate, drank, laughed, and hugged.
Gibson Cousination
Eleven gathered at my mother-in-law’s table on Sunday evening, another Christmas. My brother-in-law had something sneaky up his sleeve. I opened a Confederate soldier’s hat. My husband opened Swiss chocolate, and my mother-in-law opened Jamaican rum and Irish whiskey. Scott loves researching genealogy. He gathered information about each of our families and created binders for us. What a labor of love! He discovered that one of my ancestry lines leads to Scottish royalty. The reason for the Confederate hat? He told a story of a family who lost a father and son within days of each other in the Civil War. This is the kind of gift that keeps on giving as I learn my family history.
Seven left for another meal, my daughters, one boyfriend, one husband, and one mother-in-law. We gathered left overs. I made tortilla soup. My daughter made lemon squares. Once again good food, laughter, and hugs.
Two of us for New Year’s Eve. We took a selfie before we went out in the cold rain to dance the night away to our favorite Zydeco band, Geno Delafose and the French Rockin Boogie.
I hope you enjoyed family and each other this holiday season. I am leaving you with a video of Geno. Do a little jitterbug to celebrate!
Happy New Year Margaret!
You, too, Chere’. Thanks for stopping by for my little celebration today.
Great week of family, food, and love! I am sure the little boy in that picture gets lots of attention being the only one! What a treasure in your “genealogy gifts.” Have a great and maybe relaxing week! Sounds like you may need it!
Love the way you organized this, Margaret. What a wonderful holiday you had! The gift from your brother-in-law is very special, fun to see all those lovely women & the young man, and the pic of you & your husband! Music woke me up this am-love those washboards! Have a great weekend!
Lots of things to celebrate!! Love all of the pictures and I love the story of those thoughtful gifts. What a great idea! Happy New Year, Margaret!
I, too, love the structure of this, Margaret – you began with a big embrace of many, and concluded with one, very special, person. Happy New Year! (love this band!)
Margaret,
I like how you structured your post this week. Cute way to organize the celebrations! Sounds like you had an awesome week of togetherness…
I love how you structured this post! I felt the joy of the masses and the joy of just “us” jumping off the page!
I know so many others have commented on the structure of your post but it really is terrific. Loved how happy everyone looks in your photos. It was so much fun to hear all about your celebrations.
What a great week of celebrations you had! Your brother-in-law is so thoughtful! I loved the selfie, that was a good one. Enjoy your week!
I love the way you shared these great moments. Great to have such a clan, but also great to have time for just you two. Happy New Year!
Thanks, everyone, for the comments on the structure. It was fun to think about how my family grew then reduced back to the two of us. Thanks for coming by and celebrating in zydeco style.
You and your hubby both have such infections smiles and laughing eyes!
After a holiday full of family, isn’t it wonderful to come back to center with your True Love? I’m now trying to think of a way to get my brother-in-law to do the family history research instead of me. 😉 Fun post! Thanks for sharing!