Days go By....

...And here it is past the middle of June already... heading to the longest day and I haven't written in forever.  I enjoy posting here, and if I had a following, they'd have given up on me long ago.  But I feel the need to write from time to time.  Just to let you know what's happening.

Last December, after Bert got home from college, the kids set up a photo shoot with one of their friends who does great photography.  Unfortunately, my daughter-in-law had a death in the family, and they took off for Long Island to attend to things there.  The session was rescheduled for a bit closer to Christmas, but if you remember seeing Erie PA on the national news at that time, there was a record-breaking dump of snow on this area and the temps were WAY TOO LOW to have our new baby out in... plus, we'd be so bundled up, who would tell who was who??  So we postponed again.  Last Sunday, Hannah met us and the families were photographed.  We are a little different here, as the original marriage yielded 3 children.  Divorce and remarriage added 2 more spouses to the mix, and each couple added another son.   So it was pose the kids, swap the parents, slide one kid out and one kid in, add some kids' spouses, move that baby around a little.  It seemed kind of strange, but it really worked out quite smoothly.  It's been a lot of years since it was just one family, and you just have to learn to go with the flow.  So this is the picture that would have been our Christmas Card group... maybe it's not too late to send it out😊  4 kids.  1 wife.  1 husband.  1 fiance.  1 grandchild.  No dogs were invited to this party.  That would have been 6 smiles too many.  This time.

And just for kicks, this is the Grand Finale photo!

good night..