Going to Utah was all about family. We were all celebrating Lucy's 80th birthday, but in a way that was only an excuse. Her birthday had passed a couple weeks earlier but it was the stated purpose for getting together. Jeanne's family has been very good about finding opportunity at least once a year to be together. It seems like after Mary died Bob and Lucy committed themselves to the concept that the family would be together more often.
That may well have been the genesis of the thought process that ultimately led to the purchase of the lake house and even though we live in Pennsylvania, there is always a trip to the lake house during the summer where fun time is spent with siblings and cousins. Emily know Megan, for example, more like a sister than a cousin.
Emily did kind of "lose it" when we visited Val, Jeanne's cousin, who is a true American cowboy. Val like to hunt and eats a lot of meat obtained by hunting, including bear and other "exotic" things. He has heads and skins mounted and hanging on his walls. We were all having fun being in his "museum" and listening to his stories, but Emily has never been big on the concept of hunting and killing, etc. and just had to leave. I caught her mid-sentence above saying "Dad, can you believe there's a dead bear on his wall."
Lucy's older sister June and always been very kind to me and Jeanne. I know her as well as any of my aunts and uncles and see her more often then I do my own, so she has become a true aunt to me. She always sends birthday cards, although she has many grandchildren (and great-grandchildren) of her own, many of whom she has literally "mothered." It was truly a wonderful moment to get a picture of the two sisters with big smiles.
Speaking of smiles, nobody does that any better than Mary. She is always to happy to see us. It was a joy being around her and she found lots of opportunity to be with us even though she had a lot of commitments at school.
We even found time to go skiing in the afternoon. Sundance had a great deal where you could ski from 2p until 5p for $19. Three hours was the perfect amount of time for me. Based on the photo above, it's hard to imagine how they were all complaining that they needed to get skiing since there was so little time! I'm glad they let me take it though. The picture will be a family treasure.
Going to Utah was all about family. We were all celebrating Lucy's 80th birthday, but in a way that was only an excuse. Her birthday had passed a couple weeks earlier but it was the stated purpose for getting together. Jeanne's family has been very good about finding opportunity at least once a year to be together. It seems like after Mary died Bob and Lucy committed themselves to the concept that the family would be together more often.
That may well have been the genesis of the thought process that ultimately led to the purchase of the lake house and even though we live in Pennsylvania, there is always a trip to the lake house during the summer where fun time is spent with siblings and cousins. Emily know Megan, for example, more like a sister than a cousin.
Emily did kind of "lose it" when we visited Val, Jeanne's cousin, who is a true American cowboy. Val like to hunt and eats a lot of meat obtained by hunting, including bear and other "exotic" things. He has heads and skins mounted and hanging on his walls. We were all having fun being in his "museum" and listening to his stories, but Emily has never been big on the concept of hunting and killing, etc. and just had to leave. I caught her mid-sentence above saying "Dad, can you believe there's a dead bear on his wall."
Lucy's older sister June and always been very kind to me and Jeanne. I know her as well as any of my aunts and uncles and see her more often then I do my own, so she has become a true aunt to me. She always sends birthday cards, although she has many grandchildren (and great-grandchildren) of her own, many of whom she has literally "mothered." It was truly a wonderful moment to get a picture of the two sisters with big smiles.
Speaking of smiles, nobody does that any better than Mary. She is always to happy to see us. It was a joy being around her and she found lots of opportunity to be with us even though she had a lot of commitments at school.
We even found time to go skiing in the afternoon. Sundance had a great deal where you could ski from 2p until 5p for $19. Three hours was the perfect amount of time for me. Based on the photo above, it's hard to imagine how they were all complaining that they needed to get skiing since there was so little time! I'm glad they let me take it though. The picture will be a family treasure.
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