Family is Everything
// April 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family
Easter is always hectic for us. Our kids are involved in churches that are about 50 miles apart from each other. Yesterday both churches had two services … so we went to one early service and then headed to White Rock Lake for a family easter picnic. The weather really did not cooperate, but I thought … it would keep people away from the park and we would get a good spot. Wrong. There are just as many other die hard family picnic people on Easter as us. I scouted out a spot near the Bath House, Porta Potty, trash cans and parking lot … and we staked our claim with quilts. I always feel like one of those settlers during the Oklahoma land grab when public parks are crowded and we find a spot. Once you spread out your blankets and quilts … it’s like putting up a fence. It’s pretty cool.
Everyone got there. We cooked out on one of those little yuppie grills … you know the ones that fold flat and are no bigger than a laptop. They really are pretty good. I got 7 hamburger, turkey burger and avocado/cheese/meat/bread crumbs (Mer) burgers on the little grill. Plus … with it misting rain, it still produced some nice heat. Fire … uh, uh oh, oh.
When the Gooden family outing don’t go as planned … my family is so positive they always proclaim … we are making memories. Well, we did just that … wet hair, kids rolling down the hill with their easter clothes on, soggy chips and unpredictable wind changes. Making memories. This day will come up again in conversation … remember in 2010 we had a Easter picnic in the rain and Casey tried to get a self timed group shot and was running to get in the shot and slipped on the grassy knoll. Yeah, that was cool.
Family is Everything.
