Family Gathering

Memorial Day weekend is a traditional time for our family to get together. Along with celebrating Memorial Day we also have several birthdays at this time of year. It's been more difficult to get everyone together in the last couple of years since my father passed away. He was always the life of the party.

This year some of us got together rather impromptu and enjoyed a nice lunch/dinner at the Chinese buffet in Lacey. We all love that place as there is always lots of yummy food including plenty of fresh seafood.

After the lunch we got some flowers and took them to my Dad's grave. Today is his birthday. He's buried in the veteran's section of the cemetery and on this weekend in particular there were flags on most of the graves.

Then we went back to my mother's house, shared some pictures and visited some more and then my sister and I repotted Mom's large peace lily. The serious rain managed to wait until we were leaving. All in all it was a really nice day spent with family.

You can click the picture and use the Next and Prev links at Webshots to see more photos from the day.