It was the family reunion at the farm in Wisconsin last weekend. I’m so glad that I went. It is such a blessing to be part of a family. I really can’t remember how long we have been having this Reunion but I’m pretty sure it’s been since the early 70’s.
It is at the same place it always is, the Farm. Our Farm is one of the 100 year old farm’s in Wisconsin !!! A huge part of my heart and soul is up there as that is where I spent most of my summer’s growing up. All the cousin’s did and there were a lot of us. The first pic was at grandmama’s up in Greenwood and the second one was the first reunion at the farm. That wasn’t even all of us, 2 weren’t even born yet…Thank you Aunt Patti (RIP) for making us take that picture. It is an iconic picture that all the cousin’s love…
The memories made up there are just the best. I can remember all of us kids going into the barn and sneaking smoking !!! OMG can’t even imagine that we could’ve lit the place on fire and we didn’t even think about that. We use to go find the cow’s and chase them all over the fields. Uncle Joe and Uncle Bub didn’t understand why they were all sketchy at times, of course they didn’t know what we were up to all day.
Most of us being city kids would come down for meals and when they gave us milk we would say, “Is this real milk (from the grocery store) or the cow’s milk ? “We didn’t like the milk from the cows as this was very thick, not pasteurized. The folks didn’t get it. At dinner time they would literally tell us to go out to the garden and get some vegetables for dinner. Can you even imagine what that was like. All I know is that the food up there was so good !!! Amazing…I have told all my kids if society breaks down, go the the farm !!!
I took a couple of pics when we went this time. I absolutely love this farm. Thank you so much cousin Sean and Michelle for keeping this tradition alive. Love you to the moon …
We went over to the horses and fed them. I’m pretty sure this is where I got my love of animals along with a healthy respect for them.
We also paid a visit out to the cemetery to just remember all of the family who came before us. There were many !!!!
Mom is buried out there but her headstone is still being made. She is laid next to my Great Aunt Alice. She use to take us out there and show us where her grave was going to be. She would say, “It’s right here in front,” so she could be the first one out when Jesus came 😉 . I think of her often and miss her every day. She was the best mom !!! Thank you so much mom for giving me the greatest gift of all…L I F E and F A M I L Y…
I’ll end with a couple of my family pics and of course I’ll have to put up the mother/son wedding dance again…I love watching that 😉 .
