Old E and Ann invited us to their house for my cousin Alex’s high school graduation party. I always enjoy Old E
and Ann. They are very easy to talk to,
fun, and the kids have a great time because Old E gets all goofy with
them. He gets all goofy with
everyone.
Phillip and Archie had to stay home because Archie had a
ball game that day. (Yeah, I’m blogging
June on the third of August…so what of it???!!!) I decided that the little ones would do better on an overnighter
trip rather than a there-and-back-again in the same day.
Since the last blog entry Old E read before my visit was me
griping about having to plan things all the time (the great Mother’s Day Post),
he and Ann took the reigns and planned the evening. Grilling out, Dairy Queen, then fire pit and beverages! Yeah!
That’s my kind of evening!
The next day was the party, which was to take place at the
ex-wife’s home. We arrived pretty early
so Old E could help with the set up. I
haven’t seen this portion of the ex-family in years, so it was,
um…awkward. And weird. And that is all I have to publicly say about
that.
The ex was nice enough to get Lawrence and Lydia some
sidewalk chalk so the kids would have something to do before the party
started. Lawrence repaid that kindness
by drawing a chalk outline of a body on the sidewalk near the door. I might have helped a little, but only because he asked me.
When something got said about Lawrence's chalk outline, I asked him to draw some short pants and a shirt on it so it would look more person-like rather than crime scene-ish in order to make it a little less…bizarre décor for a
graduation party.
Lawrence and Lydia were delighted by my cousin Andrew’s
goats he was raising for 4H. Lawrence
would disappear from time to time and could be found chit-chatting away with
the goats at the goat pen. He had
quite a lot to say to those goats.
I was happy to see the van full of Logsdons show up from
Detroit! It was great to visit with them
again! Here is my cousin Andrew showing our
Uncle Tom the goats. The skinny goat was going
through some sort of illness, which is why it is skinny.
The ex’s family lives on a farm. It was very picturesque.
Here are the little ones sitting on the stoop of a shed. The first one was unposed--they just chose to sit there and rest together. And of course, the second one I had them give me a big 'ole cheese!
Ann and Uncle Hugh playing Cornhole.
An action shot of Uncle Tom’s cornhole throw. And he says he never makes the blog…*tisk*.
Lawrence really enjoyed talking with my cousin Mark. I was hoping he would have brought his kids
(his son is only a few days younger than Lawrence) but his kids apparently
don’t travel well. I guess it was just
as well because Lawrence was thoroughly entertained by Mark and they had deep
conversations about Spiderman and Batman and such. I would be willing to bet that Mark was exhausted from all
Lawrence’s chatter by the time they left.
To Mark’s credit, he sat in that glider and chatted right back at
him all afternoon. I don’t think I could have stuck
with it as long as he did!
Thank you to whoever thought to take a picture with me in
it. Otherwise, we’d never know I was
there!
Here is a Logsdon mostly-man picture. My cousin Alex The Graduate—only Logsdon
girl in the picture is in the dress in the middle.
As awkward as the party was in the beginning, I ended up
having a fantastic time. I love hanging
with my Logsdon Uncles, Aunties and Cousins! We
should do that again, but just not at someone’s ex-wife’s house, yes?
