Morning watch, 5 bells (6:47 am)
This weekend I’ve seen family I can’t ever remember seeing before in my life, although my parents told me I have seen them, I was just very small. My aunt Marsha came up to Coeur d’Alene with her family all the way from Texas (most of them drove!), and both my other aunts Chris and Laurel came with their family as well. Not all of the cousins made it, but there were a few, and we had a great time yesterday telling family stories and playing Spoons—a game banned in by wife’s family because it got too bloody. I was one of the first to go out (hey, it was my first time playing!), but had a blast all the same. We’ve started planning our next reunion in two years in Ramah, NM (that’s where my great grandma Jenny lived).