My Family Reunion in Kansas City, MO July, 2008

Posted By on August 4, 2008

Family Reunion – Birthday Party in Disguise

My mother celebrated her 87th birthday in Kansas City, MO on July 30……and many family members made it – and as always with my family we had lots of laughs.  Here is a picture of me with my three brothers and parents…..at one of the many birthday parties (my mother called this a family reunion – see, if you don’t call it a birthday you don’t get older!)  🙂

SAO - Three Brothers - Mother and Daddy July 08

SAO - Three Brothers - Mother and Daddy July 08

And here is the WHOLE bunch of us at the Hometown Buffet……four generations of us!

The Third and Fourth Generation

Tara Lynn – only 1 years old – had a wonderful time – and she really enjoyed her food!

Beautiful Baby Tara Lynn - 1 year old 

Baby Bird AKA Tara Lynn - Age 1

Baby Bird AKA Tara Lynn - Age 1

Preston - Age 3 - is always happy!

Preston - Age 3 - is always happy!

Both members of the 4th generation (Tara Lynn and Preston)  behaved with impeccable manners…..and  the members of the third generation did too!  Here we have Joey, my daddy and Tyler with Tara on the back row.  On the front row is Amanda, Preston and the birthday girl!  (Don’t you think my dad’s blue plaid shirt would look good in a quilt!!!!!)

The Grandchildren and the Great-Grandchildren

The Grandchildren and the Great-Grandchildren

Second Generation

While the youngsters behaved as people should in public, it was the second generation that got the “CLOWN GENES.”  It is a family tradition for my brothers to do something silly for a picture each time I visit – yep – they did a pretty good job of being silly!  The SILLY BROTHER PICTURES are on my list of FAVORITE THINGS!  (And just for the record, my brother Dan – the one with sunglasses – HAS to wear sunglasses so we can’t see his eyes closed in pictures!!!!!)

Brothers Clowning Around

Brothers Clowning Around

But the standing on the head trick – that was unique! 
My brother, Jim, is looking the other way – is he trying to pretend NOT to know us.  I don’t think so – for it is Jim who is attempting to bite my brother Fred’s head in the picture above.  HMMMM….speaking of genes, Tara Lynn (the 1 year old with the baby bird mouth open) is Jim’s grandangel.  Now we know where she got that ability to OPEN WIDE!  🙂
Fred standing on his head in the restaurant!

Fred standing on his head in the restaurant!

We go to this Hometown Buffet every year – I guess they are used to us by now….maybe that is why they put us in the backroom and isolated us from their guests who demonstrate traditional behaviors!  No one can say that our family has boring birthday parties! 

We were kept isolated in the restaurant!

We were kept isolated in the restaurant!

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