holidays do make for reunions betimes

there were 8 of us including my cousin's husband, not counting animals. dave was real important, 'twas him kept the fire going and the coffee a going too (can't decide which was more important). it was the 3rd girls retreat at the farm. cuzzin cindi and dave have a farm outside hot springs in pearcy, 50 acres or thereabouts, bought from our uncle horace years back when cin and dave lived in california (they're forward thinking folks).  this '08 retreat was a suggestion my brother preston in delaware made to cuzzin cindi on facebook since he and his fam would be in arkansas for the holidays; one nevers knows what'll happen when you say it on facebook. as the winnie the pooh song goes: beware, beware, be very, very ware. (thx for the suggestion pres!)

it's quite a feat when you get that many folks together from so many places. z and norma (my mama) from little rock, sis-in-law vered from delaware, my sis heidi from atlanta, sis-in-law donna from monticello, andrea (cin's sis) from dallas. now only God could do such a thing (with help from pres' suggestion on facebook). none of us could remember who was at the first and second girls retreat (need a guest book to sign, nominate an historian, something). we know who came but not who came which time. it was an hilarious conversation trying to figger that out. 

thank the Lord and thanks to cin and dave for shopping and cooking and lettin' us come (cindi is a gourmet chef all the way  and she used fresh eggz from her hens in the quiche and breakfast casserole).  most of our time was spent eatin' and talkin' and that's what we love about our time at the farm besides being with each other, of course. with chickens hither and thither and lots of growing things - herbs galore, flowering cactus, even a pomegranate tree, fig trees and you wouldn't believe what all else. this is just some of what cin and dave do in their spare time; full time, they have a fabu used furniture store in hot springs called:

Home Again Used Furniture Etc Inc. 

check it out next time you're tinkering around hot springs. it's right near mcclard's bbq!!