family reunion

Saturday we went to Lonnie's family reunion in Nashville.  We had very nice weather..pretty warm, but we were under a shelter for shade and someone had brought a portable generator to power some fans.

Here is Lonnie with his brother Jimmy, with their sister Terri .

There were lots of family members and all seven brothers and sisters were there, but everyone couldn't make it, of course.  

 There were a lot of kids there, cute and sweet and well behaved.  

One little 4 year old boy kept calling me Uncle Darla ! He asked his mom if they could have a party at their house so Uncle Darla could come and see his toy monster truck. Funny! It makes me nostalgic for my sons were little! 

Here is Lonnie's sister Mary and his brother Don.

I missed getting Brother Charlie and sister Betty in a picture. Betty organized the event and planned out every detail...from tablecloths to band aids.

Instead of everyone bringing a dish like usual - they decided to have barbecue, beans, and coleslaw brought in by caterers. We all brought beverages, chips and desserts. That worked out nicely without as much leftover food.

I had an unfortunate failure in the kitchen when I was making a dessert to take that morning...with not enough time to make anything else.  Of course that's when it would happen.  Dough blopping over in the oven and not cooking through inside...sugary mess burning and smoking...but at least the smoke alarms didn't go off.

I am not sharing a picture of that disaster!

Lonnie had to buy a pie at the grocery! There were plenty of desserts there anyway.