MEMORIES

There are some things that we try to repeat each time we get together as a family.  These things help us measure changes in our family. We have been in our current house for almost 30 years, so we have a door that has a lot of marks on the edge of it.  Each mark shows the height of a child, along with a date.  Most of the time we have done this when all of our 5 grandchildren are together.  This year we had 3 grand-boys vying for the top mark on the door and there was some light wager-making over who would win.  (The evidence can be seen in the pictures!)  We also try to take a few pictures of all of us around the couch in the living room.  Although the time of day and the skylight challenged us, we are still glad to have both a more formal picture as well as a silly picture to remind us of our time together this summer.