Have you ever seen that movie?
It's pretty good. A good portion of the movie was filmed in a small town called Hooper.
Hooper is also where some of my family is from and where we spent our last weekend.
It was hot.
The festivities started on Friday night with a golf tournament. We were unable to get the time off to attend that but we joined the crowd later for some food and conversation.
Saturday morning Peter and I joined a group going out to golf.
It was fun.
And hot.
Carter stayed with Grandma.
Grandma and Grandpa rented a camper for the weekend and hooked it up to the only camper hook-up in town. It is in the memorial park next to the swimming pool and a very large, very fun playground.
We spent a lot of time there.
Saturday afternoon was spent hanging with the family. We played cards, Scrabble and chess. We talked, we schmoozed, we got reacquainted.
This is H talking to my Mom. H's story is really really amazing and gives you an idea about how awesome my family is.
My Grandam on this side of the family had 4 sisters and a half brother. This brother was married to a wonderful woman B. They had 4 kids B,C, S, and K. As things happen, I don't know the details it is not my place, he left them. He ended up re-marrying K and they had a son H. He subsequently left them to. My grandma and her sisters knew about H. He was lost but not forgotten for many years. My Great Aunt S has been putting together a genealogy and in her searches she found H again. She was ecstatic. She gave the information on how to reach H to B's daughter K and left it to her to decide what to do. Now this was all in the last 3 weeks or so. K called H and talked to him and told him about the reunion. H and his mom K came.
I think it is awesome that the family reached out to him and invited him in to be a part of the reunion. It was nice to get to know him.
Some of us went to the pool. No pictures of that. Did not want my camera to be lost forever......I'm clumsy.
Some of us napped.
A few of us went out to the local Cemeteries to see where our ancestors rest. There is a lot of family history in this small town.
It was kind of funny that I ended up in the van with a couple people who are not fond of bridges.
While we were out there cousin G had a bird poo on her. The whole big wide open cemetery and the bird poos on her arm. G maybe it was your Dad saying "Hi!".
On Sunday we lounged while Grandpa played another round of golf. Then we ate lunch at one of the local bars. After lunch we headed home.
It was hot.
The evil heat fairy had decided to play a mean trick on us and turn off our Air Conditioner over the weekend.
It was hot. 92* indoors to be exact.
We spent the afternoon in the basement watching movies trying to stay cool while the AC played catch-up.
It was hot.
It finally reached the desired temperature about 2 am.
It was another weekend of family fun. While the town of Hooper may have played home to a few big stars for a while back in the 90's, it's legacy is not the movie, but the people who call it home every day.
