When I was posting Park's release online, I saw this little gem from "Sunday night" that I believe Stevie created in 2019. I love it! (Minus Parker mooning the camera...cough cough.)
As a family, we gather together every Sunday night. It is very casual. It's not dinner. It's just a few random snacks and lots of family time. Often smaller groups break off for at least part of the night. (Little kids, teens, adults or a mixture of each.) The older cousins are good about taking time with the younger ones. The past couple of years, Charlotte (10) and Ella (8), have really loved evolving from the always being the "littles" to being the "bigs" with Adam and Megan's little kids. (Lincoln 6, Christian 4, Noah 2 and Grace 5 months.)
Here are a few current Sunday night pictures:
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| Ella, Aub and Grandpa Vore |
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| Adam with Noah (2 years old) |
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| Ang, me, Brit and Adam |
Over the years we have rotated locations. Many years ago, before Gram and Grandpa Vore were called to serve in the Lubbock Texas Temple presidency, we always met at their house. They served there for almost six years so we had to improvise. We would loosely rotate between the siblings' homes, but the past year we mostly meet out at the Bird's.
The Bird home is really a great place to gather. They have a playroom right off of their main family room. This makes it nice for the littles to be close, but the adults/teens can still visit without too much chaos. They have a huge backyard with a trampoline, wooden swing set structure, a covered porch and lots of room to run around. Almost every week the teens and older kids will go out to the shop and play pickleball. Sometimes when I feel sad that I am still somehow living in Odessa, Tx, I remember this: FAMILY, and it makes all the difference.
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