second annual hall family summer reunion...first annual hall family talent show.
i'm sure our neighbors up in idyllwild were so happy with us, but it was hysterical. between that and the snipe hunting with the kids that night... :) it was supposed to be put on by the kids, and the kids would talk about their parents' talents, but then some of the adults decided that they wanted to perform too. in the end, everyone had an act. had i known ahead of time, i would have brought up an instrument, but celeste and i decided to do a charleston routine that we made up in about an hour. thank goodness i'd taken a 20's charleston workshop!
i hadn't seen most of the extended family in several years, so it was fun to get together with them. shocking how old they are now. i remember one of them being around 8 last time i saw him - he's now 18 and about to go to college! another is 5 - he was a baby last time i saw him.
aside from the slight fire scare (thankfully it was contained within a few hours, though the smoke covered the sky for the afternoon), it was nice to get away from everything and relax. i also got more genealogy info for my research. i have to get as much as i can because it seems like there aren't many people left who know everything about everyone!
Posted by kendra at July 19, 2004 10:54 AM