Arnott Clan Gathering
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 22:28 | 
stacey
It hasnt happened in over a decade…well, not counting funerals or weddings. But last Sunday, the Arnott bunch gathered at my uncle Barry’s to see my cousin who was down from Hamilton with her three kids. And to introduce the cousins’ kids to each other.
There was barbeque. There was a lot of talk about babies. Evan peed on uncle Ty (oops!).
Nate, God love him, spent the bulk of the time playing by himself in the sandbox. He much preferred that to playing with the other six kids that were running around. That’s my independent little soul. Every now and again he would come over to mom or dad (or even Grandpa Wayne) and tell us a story or two about the dump trucks or bull dozer, and then back into the sandbox he would go.
Mommy and the two little boys made a day of it and spent the morning and the bulk of the afternoon visiting with Aunt Brenda before heading to uncle Barry’s. Evan still sleeps in the car, and there was only one minor incident over the headphones for the DVD player that caused me to pull the van over and argue with Nate. All in all, a relatively stress-free trip and well worth it for the visit with my aunts, uncles and cousins.
With any luck, this will turn into the annual thing we all said it should. Four years is too long between visits.
