Togetherness really is what it is all about. And if you know much about our family, there certainly is a lot of singing going on.
From a family picture to spending some quality time with hammers and nails, our 2003 had some great moments. Jenifer's mom, Gayle Young pulled off one of the best surprise parties we've seen. Somewhere around 40 people kept it a complete secret, including some very young and usually very blabby grandkids. When Ray arrived at the restaurant, and saw this crowd of people, together in one heart to wish him well, he was shocked.
Since Arianne got off the training wheels this year, our family has enjoyed together time on the bikes -- it is quite disconcerting to those who see our six cycle entourage -- but we enjoy ourselves. We even set up a challenge course around our camp site on Memorial Day weekend and Jenifer even did the boulders. We were all on our bikes, so no pictures.
So if there is a major subtheme of our family life in 2003, togetherness seems to be at the top of the list. We had some great together time with Jenifer's parents, Ray and Gayle Young during this 2003 Christmas season. Funny thing, looking back on all the "together" times this year, one wonders if there ever are enough of those times.
