A few thoughts...

After going out to dinner last night with Steve and family and Dick, I got to thinking about so many times that my family had been together! We were a pretty "tight" family to use the teenagers way of putting it! We had so many good times and they were mainly "at home" with family! When my three oldest were teenagers we sat around in the evening and either played games or watched T.V. or just talked. That was "more" than "important" to be able to talk to one another!I remember evenings when Cappy had to be on the swing shift and the kids were in High School. We always had a houseful of teenagers after school. I was "mom" and Cappy was "pop" to all of them. I never see any of them to this day that I am not "mom". They put up a Monopoly game on the dining room table and would play night after night! When they had to go home the board stayed in position and the game continued on the next night, etc. They about ate us out of house and home, anything and everything. Sometimes it was a quick call home " Is it O.K. if I stay here and eat?" I can remember the laughter and the funny things that they would be accusing one another of duroing the games! "You cheated" "I did not" and of course when Cappy wasn't there I got in on the games! When Cappy was there he did the cooking up of Tacos, etc.He wasn't much of a game player but enjoyed watching. And the crd games! Silly ones, like "Old Maid", Go Fish", "Canasta". Good clean fun! Why they all hung out at our place was beyond me! But I really liked it. My boys were home and I knew who they were with then! Ah, the "good old days!"