So, the 2014 Sommerer Family Reunion has come and gone. Overall, I’d say it was the best one we’d had so far. The weather was wonderful – not too hot, not too cold. The people were delightful, and there was PLENTY of food. Seriously, sooooo much food.
Since Lloyd’s generation is the one that now holds the Keys to Bossiness, they went all out in setting up some order to this situation. Lloyd ordered some six-foot lengths of corkboard strip and he and Sam hung them up permanently in the pavilion. It was one of those ‘ask for forgiveness instead of permission’ situations.
Once they were up, Sam used his mad penmanship skilz to craft some gorgeous schedule signs. I told him that if he had lived in medieval times, he would have been one of those monks that made the nice Bibles – the kind the Pope would use.
There were all kinds of nice things going on – visiting, eating, games (both ball and card), music, general jocularity. Somebody brought an empty picture frame which made for some great photo ops.
The only bit of tension was this little knucklehead.
See that puppy? He was a new puppy in one of the cousin’s family, and the Other Sommerers from Seward wanted that little guy so bad, you could feel it in the air. Sam actually offered a fair amount of money to see if they’d part with it, but no – the bond had been forged and he was one of the kids. Sorry, Anna. 🙁
Sorry, Junior Jack.
Brad says
You should bring your cats next year. I bet that would be awesome!